50
Whether this is an argument for or against marriage probably depends on the viewer's own experience.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
40
Huppert fans have long been tolerant of her hit-and-miss filmography, and while her double act with the rubber-faced Poelvoorde provides a few well-played scenes-two words: horsey rides-it's not enough to liven up a trite story of loosening up.
75
Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene
The hilarity of the film creeps up slowly and from every angle, not through the facile immediacy of short-lived laughter.
75
No one loves a broad comedy like the French, but Gallic touches of restraint tend to keep such light entertainment pleasing rather than blundering.
75
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
Huppert, Poelvoorde and Dussullier are experts all.
50
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
The first half of My Worst Nightmare contains some of the best comedy and the biggest laughs of the season, and the second half ... eh.
30
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Its tepid satire of art world pretensions culminates with a visual dirty joke that is mildly amusing but still not worth the wait.
63
Huppert's character, who's a tornado of demands at work, is almost as obnoxious as Poel-voorde's. She just not as willfully disgusting. He chews up all the scenery with his thick Belgian accent and splaying limbs and general cartoonishness.