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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Village VoiceElla TaylorVillage VoiceElla TaylorThough it's a big thrill that the world's finest character actor has his very own lead role, one wishes there were more meat on the elegant bones of Meeting Spencer to justify his cheerfully offhand wit.
- 50VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibBrit helmer Malcolm Mowbray's film assumes the constrictions of a stagebound farce, taking place on a single set in real time, and swept along in magisterially broad strokes by Jeffrey Tambor's playfully theatrical perf.
- 50Boxoffice MagazineTim CogshellBoxoffice MagazineTim CogshellIt's pithy and funny in that continuous smile kind of way that you don't notice until you're half way through it.
- 40The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerIsn't quite savvy enough to compete with the slyest entries in that genre or madcap enough to run with the zaniest.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe supporting players are either nondescript or overact to the point of exhaustion.
- 38New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithAt best a sporadically amusing sketchbook of theater types.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA lame, tedious comedy.