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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe result is a little like a comedy crossed with a home movie. It is also, like many home movies, somewhat rambling, and overly dependent on knowing the names of all the players.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliReady to Wear doesn't have enough substance to justify its length, nor does it possess enough raw humor to leaven the flat spots. The jokes are inconsistently funny, with some being worth giggles, some eliciting hearty chuckles, and some prompting little more than shrugs.
- 60NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenReady to Wear is all appetizers: the main course never arrives. Still, the critical savagery puzzles me. Altman's movie may be indefensible, but it's not unenjoyable. The fun of it is entirely superficial, like skimming a gossip column.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyWhile the surfaces, backgrounds and sense of constant motion are authentic to their tinselly cores, what goes on among the fictional participants resembles gag-reliant improv routines that haven’t been entirely worked out.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanReady to Wear is messy and vaguely nasty -- a blur with attitude.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenReady to Wear is to filmmaking what paper dresses were to fashion -- thin, trendy, and disposable.
- 30The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThis time Mr. Altman, such a stunningly intuitive portraitist when he truly plumbs the mysteries that guide his characters, works without inventiveness and with glaring nonchalance.
- 30Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyThe picture is not a social satire. It’s a mess.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranNot clever or polished enough to be successful as farce, unwilling to supply any reason to care about any of its characters, unable to make the points about the role of fashion in society it thinks it is, "Ready to Wear" is madness without the usual Altman method.
- 25The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenReady To Wear is certainly a disappointment, if not an outright flop. [27 Dec 1994]