The illogic of the situation is so extreme that the final confrontation plays like an afterthought.
– Robert Koehler,
Variety,
13 May 2005
rotten:
It didn't take much mental power to come up with the plot.
– Susan Walker,
Toronto Star,
13 May 2005
rotten:
As effective as a movie can be and yet still be 100 percent forgettable.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 May 2005
rotten:
Evidently, these young FBI geniuses were just on a collective undercover assignment to infiltrate the Melrose Avenue club scene, because their disguise consists of half-grown (or half-ungrown) beards, shaggy hair, [and] insouciant wisecracking attitudes.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
13 May 2005
rotten:
It was supposed to open in the spring of 2003, but they kept pushing back the release date. They should have kept pushing.