At times laugh out loud-inducing, but ultimately feels more like a promising Saturday Night Live skit (the romcom couple?) than a standalone piece of entertainment.
– Courtney Shea,
Globe and Mail,
27 Jun 2014
rotten:
Simply recreating what we know to be hackneyed and safe doesn't suddenly make it hilarious and surprising. There has to be a spin to it; there has to be some innovation.
– Christy Lemire,
RogerEbert.com,
27 Jun 2014
rotten:
The problem with They Came Together is that what it settles on as the parody-able thing about romantic comedy is how generic it can feel.
– Linda Holmes,
NPR,
27 Jun 2014
fresh:
Wain's film is both a takedown and a tribute: As with his summer-camp-movie spoof Wet Hot American Summer, you walk away with a renewed love for the genre.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
27 Jun 2014
fresh:
Rom-com tropes like the ''meet-cute'' are so tired that you can't just spoof them -- you have to spoof the spoofs, which this winking David Wain-Michael Showalter parody mostly succeeds at doing.