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Joe Somebody

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Critics' Reviews

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Movie Title
Avg. Score
1.
Blind Side, The
2.
Twilight Saga: New Moon, The
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49
70
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Joe Somebody sends audiences home happy but also with an awareness that happy endings have to be earned in real life as on the screen.Read Full Review »
63
Boston Globe: Jay Carr
The cop-out is mitigated by Allen's ability to impart a comfortable, lived-in quality to his roles, this one included.Read Full Review »
63
USA Today: Mike Clark
A lot of this goes down surprisingly well, even if Panettiere, through no fault of her own, is saddled with phony precocious dialogue that makes her sound like an ancient sage.Read Full Review »
60
Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
It's not great; it's also not idiotic.Read Full Review »
50
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
It turns out that Joe ends up liking the old Joe better too. Who just so happens to be the kind of average-Joe character that continues to make Allen such a tidy, non-Joe bundle.Read Full Review »
50
Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
Verdict: Not idiotic.Read Full Review »
40
The New York Times: Stephen Holden
Continually squanders its opportunities for hilarity.Read Full Review »
38
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
It's a simple, wholesome parable, crashingly obvious, and we sit patiently while the characters and the screenplay slowly arrive at the inevitable conclusion. It needs to take some chances and surprise us.Read Full Review »
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