A better film would have matched Arnett's seemingly effortless intensity throughout. This okay film does merely okay by it.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
7 Sep 2007
rotten:
I was so angry at everybody involved in the making of this film. It's just astonishing.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
10 Sep 2007
rotten:
There's no good time of the year for such a depressingly insincere movie that shirks any sense of reality but still desperately claws for emotional redemption at the end. Better to abort next time.
– Stephen Garrett,
Time Out New York,
22 Sep 2007
rotten:
Three gags miss for every one that hits.
– Matt Zoller Seitz,
New York Times,
22 Sep 2007
fresh:
The story makes no sense, and the two lead characters are repulsive, but I must confess I laughed immoderately at this clever piece of junk.