For all the story's bland familiarity, it has winning moments. Allen's no actor, but he projects a likeable personality.
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VarietyScott Foundas
VarietyScott Foundas
Pretty formulaic stuff: bland self-empowerment tinged with warm fuzzies in all the right places. But what makes this "Somebody" something is Pasquin's deft touch and understanding with the material.
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
It turns out that Joe ends up liking the old Joe better too. Who just so happens to be the kind of average-Joe character that continues to make Allen such a tidy, non-Joe bundle.
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Miami HeraldCharles Savage
Miami HeraldCharles Savage
The best scenes in the movie belong to James Belushi.
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Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
This is harmless fun for the holiday season, but Tim Allen doesn't give movie the punch it needs.
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It's routine, TV sitcom fodder, but the supporting cast is better than average.
The picture is nearly stolen, however, by co-star Greg Germann (of TV's Ally McBeal) in the role of Joe's company's resident corporate weasel. Germann's squinty-eyed insincerity is truly a marvel to behold, and it's an astringent corrective to the film's rather too frequent feel-good passages.
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New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
An unimaginative schoolyard-bully comedy.
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New York PostJonathan Foreman
New York PostJonathan Foreman
The demands of formula eventually stifle anything that even looks like inspiration or honesty.