It's a little too long, a little too corny, a little too packaged, but its warmth and regenerative energies make it a winner. [03 Jun 1994]Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Janet Maslin
Inherently condescending, and finally awash in warm-bath sentimentality, this setup never goes out of style.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Hal Hinson
A movie that celebrates the life of the mind and the uniqueness of the individual but does so in glib slogans and is, itself, a sort of knockoff.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
Warm, squishy and manipulative, like being slobbered on by a mongrel pup that's begging for more Snausages.[03 Jun 1994]Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Renaissance Man is a movie of moments, too many of which are mediocre or unfulfilling.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The big underachiever turns out to be DeVito, who is incapable of exhibiting believable warmth and complexity, or, indeed, of playing anyone who is not a cartoon.Read Full Review »
Warm-hearted humanism is glopped all over Renaissance Man in the hopes that we won't notice that the story makes no sense.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Peter Rainer
Marshall doesn't have the gift for shamelessness, and that's why the film, with its pileup of sentimentalities, seems so processed. [04 Jun 1994]Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Renaissance Man is a labored, unconvincing comedy that seems cobbled together out of the half-understood remnants of its betters.Read Full Review »
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