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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyLisa NesselsonVarietyLisa NesselsonUproarious romp, grounded in believable if gleefully implausible human behavior, is a model of comic timing.
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonYou can expect to fall about, snort and hoot, at times hard enough to hurt inner body parts that only doctors can identify.
- 78Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThis is a Farrelly film for adults, if not the entire family, and its a charmer, honest both to the nature of the loves we choose in haste, and the fear that makes us so hasty so often.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttFarrelly brothers films are looking better and better, but aren't nearly as funny as their grungy early films that hit with the stealth and vigor of guerrilla commandos. Maybe there is a kind of heartbreak here after all.
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigThough not as engaging as "Knocked Up," there is enough humor to keeps us entertained.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldIt also has been retooled to be a Farrelly brothers comedy, which means most of Simon's wit has been replaced with gags involving S&M cruelty, explicit bestiality, flatulence, nose mucous, people urinating on each other, and foul-mouthed old men (Stiller's father, Jerry).
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasEmbellishments to Neil Simon's original script were inevitable, but when you're adding an "Uncle Tito," you're definitely on the wrong track.
- 50Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanThe Farrellys have always danced along the tightrope between funny-disgusting and just plain gross in "There's Something About Mary" and "Shallow Hal." If the ratio was about 50-50 at the best of times, it's now 30-70 in favor of crassness.
- 25Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMonaghan’s comic timing saves this go-nowhere affair from 100 percent lousiness.
- 0Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe ethnic humor that gave May's movie its charge is replaced by crass mean-spiritedness. If I were in movie hell, I'd rather see "Good Luck Chuck" again than return to this atrocity.