It lacks the wit and depth to make it anything more than a mediocre tale of Hollywood malcontents.
– Lisa Rose,
Newark Star-Ledger,
7 May 2004
rotten:
A premise that is equal parts silly and cynical is stretched over 90 uncomfortable minutes, hitting just about every relationship cliche imaginable with incongruous spurts of graphic sex talk spiking the mostly ho-hum dialogue.
– Megan Lehmann,
New York Post,
7 May 2004
fresh:
Premise sounds implausible, but Nicholson's thorough rendering of Alice as a willowy, intelligent and more than a bit self-deluded naif puts it over.
– Robert Koehler,
Variety,
10 May 2004
fresh:
... sharp, sometimes nasty and truly funny ...
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
13 May 2004
fresh:
There's a lost-and-found innocence in their characters which Ms. Nicholson and Mr. Mohr express beautifully.