There's little enough to keep you occupied as Caine and Martin go through their comic set pieces in workaday fashion while the film moves mechanically from one contrived situation to the next.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
The chemistry between Martin and Caine is fun, and Headly provides a resilient foil as a woman who looks like a pushover but somehow never seems to topple.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Martin, the most eloquent of physical clowns -- the Baryshnikov of comedy -- is at his most inspired here. He parodies feelings, attitudes, states of mind that one would think were exempt from it, and his caricature of dapper suavity is killingly precise.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Their comic methods are different, but from their first unequal encounter until the very last in a series of twist endings, Mr. Caine and Mr. Martin work together with an exuberant ease that's a joy to watch.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
A wonderfully crafted, absolutely charming remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story.