Khouri manages, with terrific flair, to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum.
– F.X. Feeney,
L.A. Weekly,
10 Jun 2002
rotten:
Not one character in this ovarian jungle is particularly likable.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Jun 2002
rotten:
As 'chick flicks' go, this one is pretty miserable, resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
11 Jun 2002
fresh:
Gives us a lot to enjoy and something most studio movies don't even try for: an attempt at the richness, density and sheer contrariness of life.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jul 2002
rotten:
While there are pleasures to be had from watching so many grand actresses strut their stuff, the fact is that the overriding preoccupation here rests with surface impressions rather than psychological probity.