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Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardThe result is a funny, tender, satisfying blend of fiction and cinema vérité.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerSan Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerSelf-indulgent and admirable.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA bittersweet, wryly amusing "dramatic fiction"
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceSuccessfully amalgamates Henry Jaglom's Hollywood-home-movie aesthetic, ego-skewering satire, and a measured understanding of the kinship between love and risk.
- 50L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorPressma's intermittently amusing screenplay, some good-natured cameos by a bunch of his famous friends, and an intelligent performance by Chess — playing herself opposite TV regular Alan Rosenberg -- save the day and the relationship.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyBeyond the participants' friends and co-workers, it's hard to imagine an audience for this professionally packaged exercise in navel gazing.
- 40The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinA vanity project about a vanity project.
- 38New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannSelf-indulgent folly.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe only metatwist missing in the twittering self-regard of this indulgent home movie is the participation of a documentary video crew -- ideally helmed by some TV exec's USC-grad son -- shooting the filmmakers shooting the play within the play.