The cast is in such fine form that everything seems funny.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
21 Dec 2009
rotten:
There's a scene where Hugh Grant confronts a grizzly bear and I've never rooted so hard for a predatory mammal.
– A.O. Scott,
At the Movies,
21 Dec 2009
rotten:
The movie is like a car wreck in which no one is injured but the onlookers.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
22 Dec 2009
rotten:
One of those cookie-cutter romantic comedies in which fish out of water ("Which one's skim?" Parker asks while milking cows) learn to swim together again.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
24 Dec 2009
rotten:
This ultra-mild frolic follows the 'fish-out-of-water' comedy formula so closely its lack of surprise is almost, well, surprising.