Once Hackford has committed to the characters and to their compelling (if dark) world, he has nowhere to go but to some predecided facts that might not be the most interesting end to the characters' journey.
– Kerry Lengel,
Arizona Republic,
29 Jul 2010
rotten:
The only vaguely interesting aspect to this film is the subplot involving a past-his-prime Argentinian heavyweight owned by Charlie.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Jul 2010
rotten:
Even Helen Mirren on a bad day is better than nine out of ten American film queens polluting movie screens on any given Sunday, but really, this is one time she should have stayed in bed.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
7 Jul 2010
rotten:
Try though she might, Mirren can't save the hackneyed and singularly unerotic story...