100
San Francisco Examiner by G. Allen Johnson
A movie that has an odd plot, quirky characters and a real edge, but it's not in-your-face, a re-invention of a genre or a smirky independent. It's different because it's flat-out great.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
70
For all the cynicism on the soundtrack and the occasional lapses in tone, this is a remarkably generous comedy.
40
Chicago Reader by Lisa Alspector
This 1998 movie is essentially a compilation of things-aren't-what-they-seem games played on the viewer; all its little tricks, including Ricci's snide and smart-alecky voice-overs about movie conventions, are really old--except one. But it's not worth the wait.
70
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
The wonder of it all is how bitterly funny the complications are, especially as filtered through Dedee's monstrously self-centered voice-over.
20
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
Very much like sex. On second thought, make that bad sex. Actually, sexual assault is more like it. It will leave you feeling used, bruised, violated, mistrustful and unclean.
40
Consistently clever without ever being funny. The film is so in love with its own carefully calibrated outrageousness that it doesn't bother to give its characters any depth beyond sitcom-level stereotypes.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
The De-Dee character subverts those expectations; she shoots the legs out from under the movie with perfectly timed zingers.
60
It's an excellent date film, but it won't change your life.
100
Washington Post by Stephen Hunter
It's a terrific movie.
90
[Roos's] dialogue (including an on-and-off voiceover by Ricci's pregnant, runaway sociopath) has a ringing clarity, his satire is low-key but quite real, and his actors mesh so perfectly you'd swear they rehearsed for months before shooting.