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Jack and Jill

Overview


Genre :

Romance, Comedy

Release Date :

November 11, 2011

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Dennis Dugan

Starring :

Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, Natalie Gal, Dana Carvey, Shaquille O'Neal, Rob Schneider, Regis Philbin, Gad Elmaleh, Valerie Mahaffey, David Spade

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

“..witless and sloppily constructed, getting by on fart gags, homeless jokes, Latino stereotypes and that old favorite, explosive chimichanga diarrhea..”
by David Rooney [Hollywood Reporter]
Review rate : D

“..those wacky comedy plots..”
by Tom Long [Detroit News]
2 of 5

“..this one's an "Adam Sandler comedy" through and through: His presence alone is considered humorous..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
2.5 of 4

“..the whole drag routine just isn’t all that funny..”
by Tom Russo [Boston Globe]
0.5 of 4

“..the computer-generated trickery that allows Sandler to unleash the sibling horrors is remarkably sloppy..”
by Linda Barnard [Toronto Star]
Review rate : C+

“..Sandler has become a good actor of late, but here he gives over most of his talents to Jill, who is so screechy..”
by Peter Rainer [Christian Science Monitor]
“..never really funny to begin with are only the most obvious of its problems..”
by Andrew Barker [Variety]
“..it’s a dull drag-show routine headed nowhere..”
by Nick Schager [Village Voice]
1.5 of 4

“..funny-weird, not funny-ha-ha..”
by Scott Bowles [USA Today]
“..certainly the worst I have ever seen..”
by Mary F. Pols [TIME Magazine]
“..burn this. All copies must be destroyed. No good..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
“..a total bust, a stupefyingly unfunny and shamelessly lazy farce packed with cringe-worthy jokes..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
1 of 4

“..a cheerless holiday comedy..”
by Jennie Punter [Globe and Mail]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Michael O'Sullivan [Washington Post]

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