73
Metascore
36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonTakes the raw truth and makes it jubilantly, terrifically entertaining.
- 90SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorSurely one of the canniest and most accurate films about American working-class life ever.
- 88USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]A first-rate office comedy of prickly exchanges.
- 80VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthySnappy and unusually funny under fundamentally serious circumstances, without being contrived or sitcomy.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisLoose and funny with verve.
- 75Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezRoberts inhabits the character with a gravity and poignancy that she had never even hinted at before.
- 60Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlSoderbergh demands a lot from his star here, and she delivers.
- 60Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonJulia Roberts owns this sweet-natured film.
- 60The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe feel-good movie of the year.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA screenplay with the depth and insight of a cable-TV docudrama.