Prices are double. Your love life's in trouble. The car won't start. Your boss has no heart. The door squeaks. The roof leaks. Your stereo just went mono. All you need is a little Max Dugan.
Prices are double. Your love life's in trouble. The car won't start. ...
A clumsy, heavy film, its most profoundly expressed emotion is greed.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
There are certainly some questionable ingredients to the story, but you're not likely to notice them while the film is under way. You're likely to be laughing.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
Simon's gift also is his downfall. He's so good at writing lightweight dialogue that it all begins to sound the same.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
A consistently happy comedic fable which should please romanticists drawn to a teaming of Neil Simon, Marsha Mason and Herbert Ross.