Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
"The To Do List" doesn't reinvent the wheel; we all know the "summer that changed everything" trope. But it's startling when you realize how rare it is to see a girl chasing sexual experience so doggedly - and with such a lighthearted tone.
– Sara Stewart,
New York Post,
26 Jul 2013
fresh:
By proudly wearing its "otherness" (a word I use ironically) on its sleeve, The To Do List feels fresh and strange and wondrously new. It shouldn't, but it does.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
26 Jul 2013
rotten:
Many of The To Do List's jokes have this first-draft, is-that-all-there-is? quality.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
26 Jul 2013
fresh:
It's good-natured and raucous, with many scenes that are just sketched but a few that are truly funny.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
29 Jul 2013
rotten:
Not since the schmaltzy Bucket List has there been a more blatant example of checklist comedy than the ultra-raunchy The To Do List.