Finding Amanda has some of the good and a lot of the bad aspects of a first film written and directed by the same person.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Jun 2008
rotten:
Broderick's sunny spin on the deeply flawed Taylor is interesting but eventually defies belief. In the third act, Finding Amanda loses steam altogether.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
30 Jun 2008
fresh:
Matthew Broderick regains his cinematic stride as a morosely wise-cracking television producer on the skids, ably abetted by Maura Tierney as his much-put-upon wife and Brittany Snow as his perky prostitute niece.
– Ronnie Scheib,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
A very darkly humorous film.
– John Anderson,
Newsday,
18 Oct 2008
rotten:
Offers a steady supply of clever lines but suffers from the patina of self-loathing common to industry lifers and the unfortunate miscasting of straight-arrow Broderick as a depressed, cynical hack.