[a] modest, sometimes vulgar and often insulting family flick; Despite his considerable appeal, Tom Everett Scott is truly wasted in the unconvincing role of Nick Pearson
The dialogue is pat and the story beats predictable; Many of the gags fall flat; "I Hate Kids" doesn't make much of an effort to persuade us that its characters love each other, nor do more than move us to the occasional chuckle
godawful; Ignoring the cheapness of the jokes they've been hawking, the filmmakers pivot in the third act, expecting us now to take their canned scenes of emotional growth seriously
by Rex Reed [Observer ]
