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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThornton plays this low-ball farce with deceptive, masterful ease. Appreciate it.
- 50Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe movie's "Beverly Hillbillies" humor had me laughing moderately, and by the end I wasn't even looking around to make sure no one noticed.
- 50Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerThis half-baked production sat on Miramax's shelf for a couple of years. It's no more done now than then, merely more stale.
- 40Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyNot good enough to overcome its status as damaged goods, which is almost a shame, since audiences will miss Billy Bob Thornton's best performance, and hairpiece, in years.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAnother one of those road comedies where Southern roots are supposed to make boring people seem colorful. If these characters were from Minneapolis or Denver, no way anyone would make a film about them.
- 25Miami HeraldMiami HeraldIt's never a good sign when a movie's credits include: ''Tony Orlando as himself.'' But the crooner is the highlight of the dreadful Waking Up in Reno.
- 20VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA hillbilly romantic comedy in which the hillbillies show up but the romance and comedy never do.
- 20L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonDirector Jordan Brady achieves the remarkable feat of squandering a topnotch foursome of actors -- particularly Theron, a very game and able comedienne -- by shoving them into every clichéd white-trash situation imaginable.
- 0Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe one thing that can be said of Waking Up in Reno is that it's rigorously consistent. Every note rings false.