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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAlthough Quinn may strike some viewers as more annoying narcissist than self-deprecating charmer, he's a vivid creation.
- 60The DissolveChris KlimekThe DissolveChris KlimekIt works, mostly, thanks to Helberg’s committed, vanity-free performance, and to the bubbly chemistry between him and the luminous Melanie Lynskey as Devon, his first and only love.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeLynskey's performance is sympathetic, but the movie doesn't fully convince us in its dramatization of her responses to Quinn's large and small blunders.
- 40VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangA sporadically amusing, more often grating romantic comedy.
- 40The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThis derivative comedy, in addition to not being particularly funny, gives off a sense of telling us more than we needed to know.
- 25The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthThis film requires so many leaps of faith and suspensions of disbelief that you might develop acrophobia.
- 20Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerThroughout, Helberg's awkward-anxious routine proves insufferable, and it's made no more tolerable by supporting turns from Zachary Quinto, Alfred Molina, and Judith Light, who are given so little to do that their presence in this mess feels downright cruel to both them and us.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe danger in writing, directing, producing and casting yourself in the same movie is that there’s no one to pull you back from the cliff. Simon Helberg (“The Big Bang Theory”) did co-direct this grating vanity affair with his wife, Jocelyn Towne, but neither seems to realize how misguided it is at every step.