Lee presumably had two ideas, one an expose of pharmaceutical greed, the other a sex comedy: then he decided that neither one would make a film in itself and came up with the lame idea of combining them.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
28 Aug 2004
rotten:
[Lee's] most muddled message movie to date.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
3 Sep 2004
rotten:
A misshapen and sometimes sorry affair that aims for satire, without always being clear about what it's attempting to satirize.
– Robert Denerstein,
Denver Rocky Mountain News,
3 Sep 2004
rotten:
Succeeds in finding something to offend almost everybody.