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Metascore
36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickDelightfully unpredictable, hilarious comedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender labels.
- 88Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowThis movie is about the survival of the open-minded. As far as current American independents go, it's the fastest and the funniest.
- 88Chicago TribuneMark CaroChicago TribuneMark CaroDelivers that rare combination of winning traits. It's a low-key comedy with a risque hook -- a seemingly straight woman dabbles in lesbianism -- yet it maintains an old-fashioned faith in literate dialogue, believable behavior and themes that reach beyond the plot points.
- 80Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversWestfeldt and Juergensen are smart, sexy knockouts, finding just the right mix of fun and tenderness in their writing and performances.
- 80L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonThese women are smart, funny and wonderfully real, traits that one might safely attribute to Westfeldt and Juergensen, who also wrote the screenplay.
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThe performers bring freshness to what could have been cliched roles.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWhile this slightly edgy comedy has moments of offbeat charm, it would carry more conviction if the acting were richer and the characters focused on more sophisticated attitudes and ambitions.
- 50The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottAmusing but extremely derivative.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe film is relentlessly peppy, often quite funny, sometimes a bit too convinced of its own adorableness and ultimately as smoothly reassuring as a TV sitcom.
- 40New Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyNew Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyThe actual finale, which so betrays what's come before it that it leaves one walking out of the theater holding a grudge against what was.