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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 65MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeThe goof on New York's awful elite only gets grimmer and less viable as the film goes on.
- 60Time OutNick SchagerTime OutNick SchagerThe Best and the Brightest's sharp one-liners and strong cast, especially McDonald's gleefully lecherous performance as an unabashed Republican pervert, help make it a sturdy bit of subculture-tweaking silliness.
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe farce withers away when it should be expanding.
- 50Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleAmusing at times but never more than a modest diversion, lacking the cleverness and imagination required to turn it into more than a one-joke movie.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinUnfortunately, writer-director Josh Shelov's sendup of the Manhattan private school culture flies off its comic rails after an engaging start, never to land back on solid ground.
- 38Slant MagazineSlant MagazineWriter-director Josh Shelov (working with co-writer Michael Jaeger) is trolling in fertile, easy territory, but rather than mine the subject for what it's worth, he resorts to depressingly cheap mistaken-identity shenanigans and raunchy "he-milk" gags.
- 30Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyBoxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyAll you need to know about this low-budget farce is that Amy Sedaris costars (yippee!) and New York pol Anthony Weiner would feel right at home with the sexting subplot (eeeuw!).
- 10Village VoiceVillage VoiceDrearily shot with cheesy skyline pans, oppressively scored with Hallmark cutesiness, and oddly filled with filthy one-liners.