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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe notion of a love story that's really about two women becoming friends is gimmicky, I'll grant, but Graynor and Miller are so charming together, and the movie is so focused and funny.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanFor a Good Time, Call... tells the tender tale of two roommates who team up to launch a phone-sex line. Whatever their virtues or flaws, each of these movies makes the dirtiest episode of "Sex and the City" look like Doris Day fluff.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA feel-good raunch-com whose dirty-talk plot comes from a convincingly female perspective instead of feeling like cut-and-paste Apatow.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyDoesn't rise much above sitcom level in material or execution, but provides enough laughs and goodwill to be disarmingly entertaining.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceLauren and Katie aren't defined by their attitudes toward men; they're defined by being fu--ing funny and awesome.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsEven if the film should be retitled "For a Fairly Good Time, Call ..." at least we're not back on the couch with another variation on the same old group of arrested-development young adult males, hanging on to their adolescence with as much determination as their marijuana intake allows.
- 58The PlaylistKimber MyersThe PlaylistKimber MyersBy sex line standards, For a Good Time, Call... clearly succeeds –- it starts off slow, includes plenty of dirty talk, then gives us the happy ending we came for –- but our needs are a little bit greater when it comes to good films.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe performances by Miller and Graynor are high-spirited enough that you yearn to see them in worthier material. The potential is there. If there's anything more seductive to Manhattanites than sex, it's a cheap apartment overlooking Gramercy Park.
- 38Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerWhile the heart of the movie is the at-times strained relationship between the two leads, it all unfolds rather by the numbers, dictated more by the expected arc of such things than the demands of the characters.
- 20Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearWhat really hurts is seeing Jamie Travis's name attached; for those of us who love his extraordinary "Patterns" trilogy, watching the talented Toronto filmmaker add his characterically kitschy touch to such a witless, faux-edgy movie can only be described as a Travis-ty.