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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackA wildly funny sex farce that smartly combines big-time silliness with sophisticated wit.
- 88San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserSan Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserAmazing comic performances...give this comedy its lovely manic pace, kept just within the realm of sanity.
- 80The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThe real fun here comes from watching Mr. Kline bounding through two archly good performances, Mr. Cleese coming hilariously unstrung in the presence of Ms. Curtis and all those adorable animals.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt's still a lot of fun, and I welcome any film that keeps me entertained for nearly the entire running length.
- 70SalonSalonMostly smart enough to stick to pure farce and let its animals take care of their own rights. It's a charming diversion, and it treads lightly even when it has something weightier on its mind.
- 70TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelThis good-natured movie is very much in the spirit of those ancient comedies from Ealing Film Studios in which nice, silly people defend some enclave of old-fashioned sanity against the forces of brute modernism. [27 January 1997, p. 68]
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDoesn't quite click.
- 63Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversWith this cast, you are guaranteed moments of inspired lunacy. It's still fun watching Cleese get caught with his pants down. But the material seems familiar and overworked.
- 60SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinAmounts to a pantheistic love-in: "A Fish Called Wanda" for vegetarians.
- Cute lemurs and a couple jabs at corporate a--holery can't save Fierce Creatures from its manic malaise.