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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSome kind of sweet, wacky masterpiece.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe movie bubbles with intellectual curiosity and narrative ambition.
- Writer/director Tim Blake Nelson manages a finely tuned balance that is rare in cinema. Moving from the far reaches of comedy to the nether regions of drama, he never skips a beat or sets the pitch too high.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinPart goofy drug comedy, part shocking bloodbath. It’s a riot of tones and genres, but unlike that other recent hybrid, "Pineapple Express," the parts add up to something larger.
- 50The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyThe movie is a showcase for digital technology and for Norton’s virtuosity, but I wish it weren’t such a weightless shambles.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA mixed bag of often mismatched ideas.
- 50Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanHis (Nelson) timing is off and his bullshit detector nonexistent. I don't much care for the Coens, but the sad truth is that their cynical nihilism is a lot less spurious than Nelson's earnest sentimentality.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttIt is so outrageous with its ethnic caricatures, hokey plot and twin-brother mix-ups that you know the whole thing is a lark.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichA dumb comedy out to prove its genre-defying smarts--the title is both an onscreen-supported reference to Walt Whitman and a wacky-tobaccy allusion--Leaves of Grass is a mostly mirthless affair; not even the sight of Edward Norton portraying twins tickles as it should.