Just Friends

Argues on behalf of the Darwinian theory that all of life imitates high school...But the argument is only halfhearted. Just Friends is much more interested in - and hilarious about - the small nostalgias of suburbia.Read Full Review »

A refreshingly mean-spirited breeze through both the holiday movie and romantic-comedy checklists.Read Full Review »

Funnier than any low-rent rip-off of "There's Something About Mary" has a right to be. It's crass, it's unsophisticated, it aims right for the slapsticky pleasure center of the under-30 moviegoer's brain. So sue me, I laughed. A lot.Read Full Review »

Thanks to director Roger Kumble's breathless pacing, Just Friends manages to outrun most of its flaws. And its likable leads - the coolly clownish Reynolds and the feline-faced Smart - fill this empty Christmas stocking with glee.Read Full Review »

Still, there are some funny surprises, from skewering overdone Christmas decorations to casting Chris Klein as a creep.Read Full Review »

In all, it's not too bad and it's not too long.Read Full Review »

This is a standard-issue gross Hollywood knockabout comedy in which slapstick antics have been piled up with a steam shovel and driven home with a sledgehammer. Reynolds and Smart are game and even dimensional, but all others are stuck playing tiresome, obnoxious characters.Read Full Review »

Overcompensates for its sloppiness with loud, knockabout farce.Read Full Review »

There are bad movies and annoying movies, and this one contains elements of both.Read Full Review »

There is not a spark of chemistry between Chris and Jamie, although the plot clearly requires them to fall in love. There is so much chemistry involved with the Anna Faris character, however, that she can set off multiple chain reactions with herself, if you see what I mean.Read Full Review »