Nobody in this movie is really appealing enough to be much fun. The state of New Jersey should sue.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
24 Jul 2013
rotten:
Kristen Wiig's comic artistry and its melodramatic tinge are squandered in this frenetic, schematic comedy, which also lays waste to a fertile premise.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
29 Jul 2013
fresh:
Once you get past Imogene's insufferableness, you'll find yourself rooting for her.
– Bruce Demara,
Toronto Star,
3 Oct 2013
rotten:
There are moments to make you honestly wish it were a better movie, and that the semi-autobiographical screenplay by Michelle Morgan didn't feel so much like a first draft.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
4 Oct 2013
fresh:
Berman and Pulcini -- American Splendor, The Nanny Diaries -- found a tone somewhere between tragedy and nonsense.