The movie is so hilariously sly about something so fetishistically trivial that at times it appears to take in an entire culture through a lens made of cheese.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
This shamefully underpromoted, gloriously silly romp made me laugh harder than any other movie this summer. Make that this year.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
The film keeps being yanked back from nothingness by this or that clever sendup, delivered by a small army of invigorated performers who seem to push off from one another's energy levels.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
In essence, it's a ragged collection of bits and sketches cobbled into about a dozen plots, most of which call upon the cast to do a lot of tongue and neck-spraining French kissing.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Gene Seymour
It's nice, once in a while, to come upon a movie that knows it's nothing special, proves it and doesn't care so long as its target audience feels good enough to have a refreshing beverage or two afterward.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Lulls aside, Wain and Showalter deserve camp kudos for getting the details right.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Plig
The writing here is rarely funny, and often trite and predictable. A couple of scenes are downright disturbing:Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Michael Atkinson
The film exists in a humid meta-movie ether all its own.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
I want to escape, Oh, Muddah Faddah -- Life's too short for cinematic torture.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Stumbles right out of the gate and never regains its footing. It's sad to see a gifted comedian like Janeane Garofalo trying, but failing, to anchor this mediocre affair.Read Full Review »
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