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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA game and often quite funny attempt with an expert cast.
- 50L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonGerber has a sharp cast at hand -- All work furiously, yet the director, with his fake backdrops and stately pacing, never settles on a consistent tone. Surely the novel had more bite.
- 50New Times (L.A.)Jean OppenheimerNew Times (L.A.)Jean OppenheimerNominal comedy has a few bright spots but never seems to find its rhythm.
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIf you want to direct a movie that's already been done, it's a good idea to pick one you can improve on.
- 30VarietyVarietyTries to combine romantic comedy, soap-opera parody and murder mystery, but the disparate elements never gel, and the film, about homicide at a daytime television serial, bounces around with no clue of how to reconcile or intertwine its genre conventions.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittEveryone tries very hard to make the story sweet and funny, but the soggy screenplay defeats them every time.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceSluggish, tonally uneven -- In fact, it doesn't even rise to the level of 1991's Soapdish, with the feverishly mugging Elisabeth Shue sending up TV's cesspool of sentimentality.
- 20Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla DargisA dreary indulgence. An unfunny satire set in the world of daytime soap opera, it isn't offensive enough to inspire passionate response.
- 0The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAn excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay.