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Genre :

Comedy

Release Date :

September 14, 2007

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Craig Gillespie

Starring :

Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon, Ethan Suplee, Amy Poehler, Emily Wagner, Evan Helmuth, Melissa Sagemiller

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  1 of 5 [Rate It]

Review rate : C

“..there's no real wit to the writing and little charm in the performances..”
by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
Review rate : B-

“..staggers to a thoroughly unconvincing, wishy-washy feel-good conclusion..”
by Harper Barnes [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Review rate : C

“..plants some succulent comedy in its antagonists and then lets the juice drain away..”
by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun]
2 of 5

“..it seems to have been made to be adequately funny, and no more..”
by David Mercier [Film Judge]
1.5 of 5

“..both completely aimless and without the slightest sense of fun..”
by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic.com]
2 of 4

“..a one-joke movie where the joke is constantly flubbed by Craig Gillespie's pedestrian direction..”
by Jim Hemphill [Reel.com]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Pete Hammond [Maxim Magazine]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Mack Bates [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Susan Walker [Toronto Star]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Stephen Cole [Globe and Mail]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Janice Page [Boston Globe]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
Reviewed by Matt Zoller Seitz [NY Times]

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this was a really bad film i did not find it funny atall it was boring and predictable an american sterotypical film and i wouldnt recomend it atall.. i give it a D

posted by BIGWILLYSHAW on Oct 06, 2007
 
 

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