So genuinely, viciously funny you can't help laughing -- even when you feel really bad about yourself for doing so.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Occasionally heavy-handed and overdone -- and scarcely free from a self-congratulatory tone -- this latest spoof is nonetheless lots of fun, clever and fearless, and loaded with wicked lines and touches.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
Allison Janney is tacky incarnate as Barkin's good-time gal pal. When she shows up, Drop Dead Gorgeous comes most to life. [23 July 1999, Life, p.12E]Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Although the satire is biting and the tone is irreverent, Drop Dead Gorgeous lacks the killer script and top notch performances necessary to make this a wholly successful production.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The script must have been a funny read. It's the movie that somehow never achieves takeoff speed.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
Ironically, the filmmakers don't seem to realize that their movie is even shallower and sillier than its targets.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
A cheap cut-glass tiara of a booby prize goes to Drop Dead Gorgeous for messing up so utterly.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: Ted Gideonse
The crude humor in Drop Dead Gorgeous does not have a moral point to it. It's just crude.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: J. Hoberman
Even sillier than it is cynical, Drop Dead Gorgeous is a tiresome tale.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Screenwriter Lona Williams and director Michael Patrick Jann spare no attempt to show characters at their zaniest, wackiest or most grotesque. The effect is disconcerting. Is this light comedy or dark satire? It ends up being neither.Read Full Review »
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