30
The only thing more inexplicable than the loathsome score is the story's determination to impregnate all its major female characters. Fuggedaboudit.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
50
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
McClelland is a joy to watch, even when the story strains too hard for lovable whimsy, which happens much too often.
60
A cut above the average Aussie crazy-clan comedy.
50
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
This amiable, off-kilter Australian comedy pits parental manipulation against adolescent pride, with generally amusing results.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Although not without a certain cheeky, outrageous charm, Chris Kennedy's film isn't nearly as much fun as it seems to think it is.
30
The New York Times by Janet Maslin
Really, it's all as funny as a hernia.
50
Feels more like a 90-minute pilot for a TV series than a feature film.
50
A fine cast and breezy tone elevate it to exactly the type of adequate time-waster made for intercontinental airplane flights.
50
The charming cast...brightens up the screen, but the TV-sitcom script does them in.