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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliBernard and Huey is a small pleasure; it’s almost always welcome to watch a character-based film crafted without pretentions.
- 70Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlAs you might hope for a film with a script from the great Jules Feiffer, Dan Mirvish’s Bernard and Huey bristles with anxious, circuitous, hilarious talk.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreChatty, self-absorbed, streetwise and sex obsessed, even if he wasn’t drawing his quintessential “New York types,” we’d call Jules Feiffer’s characters “cartoons.”
- 60The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyDevoted Feifferites, not to mention fans of Mr. Rash and Mr. Koechner, who get to flex their muscles nicely here, will be well sated.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIt's the female performers who steal the show, especially Whitman as the uber-confident Zelda and Alexander as the girlfriend who tolerates Bernard's immaturity even while calling him out for it.
- 50Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLike its developmentally-arrested, misbehaving man-children, the long-shelved source material hasn’t aged particularly well.
- 45TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiBernard and Huey isn’t particularly funny, although the script does tend to pump out a zinger once in a while. It isn’t particularly tragic, because the plight of these characters is well-earned.