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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 40Film.comErnest HardyFilm.comErnest HardyWants to be many things, but ends up being not much of anything.
- 40The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinIt's cute and jokey and has no particular edge.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghSlight, over-long.
- 30VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA mediocre ensemble comedy-drama that's not particularly funny, involving or even nostalgic.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGene SeymourLos Angeles TimesGene SeymourGoes into a tailspin after its impressive setup. Its dramatic tactics become so tangled and diffuse that, by the end, you get the feeling that everything gets tied up too hastily.
- 25New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardA desperately unfunny comedy that wastes a brand-name cast.
- 25Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThe storyline isn't coherent, the music stinks, the characters are one-dimensional, the dialogue is insipid and it is neither funny nor romantic.
- 20TNT RoughCutTNT RoughCutA miserable failure.
- 20L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertTiresome vanity project.
- 10Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskySo utterly awful, you're tempted to build a time machine, then go back in history and try to make sure Ward's parents never meet.