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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe ugly emotional mess is so respectfully handled that the story resonates far beyond its comic designs.
- 67The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasIt never coheres as well as it should, but the film makes a fine mess.
- 60Arizona RepublicArizona RepublicThere are a few big laughs, but there are also long stretches in which nothing funny happens.
- 50Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreAn unsatisfying if often surprising experience, a less warm and fuzzy "Parenthood."
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangNot a particularly funny movie. Indeed, the true dilemma of this misguided seriocomedy lies in the filmmakers' confusion as to whether they're making a side-splitting bromance (nope) or an unsparing, warts-and-all look at screwed-up relationships (sort of).
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe Dilemma downshifts from slapstick to melodrama and back so abruptly that it is at times jarring.
- 50Boxoffice MagazineMark KeizerBoxoffice MagazineMark KeizerThe hijinx get deflating, yet the tension and genuine sense of investigation keep you involved.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsUnexpectedly sour, The Dilemma barely qualifies as a comedy.
- 50MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeThe Dilemma is bad in a way that seems to parody all the ways in which a film like, say, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" was good.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Dilemma is so tone deaf to its themes that it thinks it's a light and slightly rude Vince Vaughn movie. It's not.