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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceIt's only in the closing moments when Tuccillo lets up, delivering a skip-into-the-sunset ending that seems a bit canned. Take Care's laughs feel better than its romance.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNever manages to rise above its thin premise, with its claustrophobic setting smacking more of stage than screen.
- 50The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterThe film’s director, Liz Tuccillo — a former writer for “Sex and the City,” an author of “He’s Just Not That Into You” and now developing a sitcom for Lauren Graham — is predictably facile with comic rhythms, though her dialogue tilts toward the glib, and her characterizations toward the familiar.
- 50RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyWhat exerts an odd fascination here is that each character heartily embodies a different variety of solipsistic creep; you start feeling sorry for the creators of the movie for having to live among such awful people. Then it dawns on you that the film’s creators don’t find these people awful at all — they find them normal. Terrifying, really.
- 50The PlaylistKimber MyersThe PlaylistKimber MyersThough the plot gets points for originality, there may be a reason why no one has told this story before: it’s ridiculous. But Take Care occasionally succeeds with funny dialogue and performances from Leslie Bibb and Thomas Sadoski.
- 38McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreTake Care manages, more often than not, to rise to the level of pleasant time killer, a rom-com with just enough surprises to justify getting those New York filming permits.
- 12New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThin yet excruciating, the film is a quintessential vanity production. The script feels like a first draft that aspired merely to mediocrity and fell well short.
- 10The DissolveAndrew LapinThe DissolveAndrew LapinThe movie is dreadful, filled with painfully broad humor, grating performances, and acidly rendered characters.