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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirMackenzie delivers that story as a blend of sex comedy, dark satire, and morality tale that recalls various aspects of "Shampoo" and "Less Than Zero" and "The Graduate," but has a couple of nifty surprises and a poisonous sting in its tail that's all its own.
- 63Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversProps to Kutcher for going to surprising, painful places. There's something haunted in his portrayal that hits hard and sticks.
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatKutcher gives a surprisingly proficient performance as does Heche who is the shining star of the film.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe whole movie is pat -- very pleased with itself for being so up front about the ways of a 21st-century man-whore.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)One of the best things about this film is that ultimately nobody in it is attractive.
- If only Spread were half as entertaining as a Van Halen video.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMore skin is shown in Spread than in most Hollywood movies. But despite twitches of insight into its characters and their world, Spread refuses go more than skin deep.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergThe Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergIt comes off as an unpleasant, unrealistic morality tale. Loaded with music and pretty bodies, the film has a chance to lasso a young, indiscriminate audience of Kutcher fans.
- 40VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyWith "Shampoo" and "American Gigolo" now distant memories, the time evidently seemed ripe for another Hollywood stud movie. Despite Ashton Kutcher’s believability as an older woman’s kept boy, Spread isn’t a patch on those previous films.
- 20Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonSpread becomes a sloggy, tepid comeuppance tale.