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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyIf Peeples had more bite, it might pass for an underhanded critique of its producer’s work.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerChicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerWhile Peeples follows a very predictable course as a romantic comedy and does not break any ground in that genre of filmmaking, this movie is more engaging than you might expect.
- 60Village VoiceZachary WigonVillage VoiceZachary WigonWhile she doesn't quite achieve the screwball zaniness she strives for, Chism deserves commendation for crafting a farcical work that feels like it concerns real characters.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDirector Tina Gordon Chism keeps the innocuous class-meets-crass jokes bubbling, and the actors are amiable, but Peeples often seems to want to turn these characters into benignly goofy role models. Maybe that's why the basic comic collision never explodes.
- 40Time OutNick SchagerTime OutNick SchagerDefined by "Three’s Company"–grade humor, this attempt at male-anxiety cringe-comedy is little more than a sitcom writ large that — courtesy of several awkward transitional fades to black — already feels constructed to accommodate commercial breaks.
- 40Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThe elements are all there. They’re just thrown together in haphazard fashion. A funny scene here, an attempt at a touching scene there, toss, repeat randomly, the end.
- 38Slant MagazineChris CabinSlant MagazineChris CabinTina Gordon Chism's film collapses into a series of clumsy improvisatory sketches, tied up in cheap, risibly sentimental catharsis.
- 38St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsComedies about privileged princesses and unsuitable suitors come in all colors, but Peeples is only palatable on a double bill with pink antacid.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe film’s first half is a slog as Chism sets up the minefield for Wade, with every (fully visible) mine certain to explode.