60
A frothy, innocuous smorgasbord of girlhood wish fulfillment that scores a direct hit with its target demo.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
50
Arizona Republic by Bill Goodykoontz
If there is a saving grace to Monte Carlo, it's that the frothy film strikes a nice balance between the ridiculous and the, well, slightly less ridiculous.
63
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
Unlike a few other well-drilled young actress-singers we could name, such as the one whose name rhymes with "Riley Myrus," Gomez knows how to relax on camera.
50
Slant Magazine by Nick Schager
Mistaken-identity shenanigans and gooey romance are Monte Carlo's prime commodities.
50
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
It's chirpy, it's bright, there are pretty locations and lots happens. This is the kind of movie that can briefly hold the attention of a cat.
38
Orlando Sentinel by Roger Moore
This script, this leaden direction ensures that even as the teen wish-fulfillment fantasy, complete with young women playing dress-up, Monte Carlo fails.
40
Boxoffice Magazine by Sara Maria Vizcarrondo
On the surface Monte Carlo is charming, oddly down-home wish-fulfillment, but it's riddled with unexplored class issues and generic filmmaking.
33
Monte Carlo finally resolves itself in a farcical climax that at least shows a little energy, but it isn't enough to overcome the discomfiting tensions and indifferent formula filmmaking that plagues nearly every scene.
40
The Hollywood Reporter by Todd McCarthy
Even as she is the center of attention here in a double role, the jury is still out on Gomez's bigscreen potential; she's not very appealing or magnetic here, nor does she display any particular comic gifts for this sort of broad fare.
63
Honestly, the whole movie is from 1960-something.