An ill-conceived, slovenly executed and disingenuous comedy.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
9 Nov 2001
rotten:
Makes the case for restricting the Farrellys to mere gross-out movies.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
9 Nov 2001
rotten:
Not only light on laughs but discomfitingly didactic in its disgust.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
13 Nov 2001
rotten:
The film itself is little more than a series of fat jokes.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
24 Nov 2001
fresh:
We've seen so many crummy comedies that try to be There's Something About Mary or something like this. And the Farrelly brothers come to the rescue and show us how it's done.