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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI've never seen a movie so sad in which there was so much genuine laughter. The Accidental Tourist is one of the best films of the year.
- 100Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonLos Angeles TimesSheila BensonIrresistibly funny… Just about the best holiday gift imaginable. [23 Dec 1988, Calendar, p.6-1]
- 100USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkThe chief delight is Kasdan. “Body Heat” was appropriately slick, but “The Big Chill” and “Silverado” too much so. Tourist is edgier - also the work of a genuine craftsman. Frankly, I didn't think Kasdan had it in him. [23 Dec 1988, Life, p.1D]
- 80VarietyVarietySlow, sonorous and largely satisfying.
- 75Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrThe film's frequent longeurs, compulsive over-explicitness and unshakably morose hero seem like so many insistently ''literary'' qualities, ostentatiously laid over a cute, cartoonish vision that suggests not so much Anne Tyler as the affectionate quirkiness of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show.'' [6 Jan 1989, Friday, p.A]
- 50Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumHurt's character is so inert and unemotional that some spectators may find it difficult to stay interested in him.
- 40The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThe Accidental Tourist often relies on Miss Tyler's methods without tempering them, and gives a tone of crashing obviousness to material that need not have seemed that way. [23 Dec 1988, p.C12]
- 33Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe message of the film is that life isn't neat and predictable like a well-arranged business trip; yet everything in the picture is so calculated that there's no life to it. [23 Dec 1988, A& L, p.19]
- 30TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelIn the end, everything about this glum and self-important adaptation of Anne Tyler's upper-cute novel is dim. [26 Dec 1988, p.83]
- 25San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIt's a ho-hum-er, almost a complete bummer. [6 Jan 1989, Daily Datebook, p.E1]