70
A refreshingly mean-spirited breeze through both the holiday movie and romantic-comedy checklists.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
50
Chicago Tribune by Allison Benedikt
But alas, even with young talent, director Roger Kumble and writer Adam Davis rely way too heavily (no pun intended) on the fat-suit joke and titular impasse.
42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Bill White
Although set 10 years after high school graduation, Just Friends is a dumb teen comedy.
25
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
There are bad movies and annoying movies, and this one contains elements of both.
70
A surprisingly shrewd and energetic romantic comedy.
30
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
Just lousy.
83
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Argues on behalf of the Darwinian theory that all of life imitates high school...But the argument is only halfhearted. Just Friends is much more interested in - and hilarious about - the small nostalgias of suburbia.
63
Still, there are some funny surprises, from skewering overdone Christmas decorations to casting Chris Klein as a creep.
40
The tantalizing promise of 90 heavenly minutes of Ryan Reynolds in a roly-poly fatsuit and unconvincing tubby make-up (which make him look like a younger version of Martin Short's Jiminy Glick) proves a case of the old bait-and-switch.
50
Washington Post by Stephen Hunter
In all, it's not too bad and it's not too long.