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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrExecuted on a pretty broad level, but if characterization is slighted, the ensemble is so rich, with such depth, that every few minutes another juicy turn keeps coming our way to divert us.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakScores high on nastiness, but it has as many surprisingly funny moments as offensive ones.
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickTasteless but sporadically uproarious black comedy.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasWith a hilarious script and capable cast, the film puts a clever spin on the everyone-is-a-suspect plot.
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezHas a made-for-TV smallness (it will probably be a big hit on cable), and it never quite vanquishes the nagging suspicion that you could be spending your time better elsewhere.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA funny comedy for about 90 seconds. Then Bette Midler goes off a cliff.
- 20TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelThere's a definite limit to the number of moron jokes we can absorb in 100 minutes, and their movie exceeds it.
- 10Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufWith a sneer and a wink, Drowning Mona plunges us into a fresh deluge of idiotic Americana .
- 10NewsweekTed GideonseNewsweekTed GideonseAs dumb as the film is, the actors escape relatively unscathed.
- 10VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA white-trash black comedy, a caustic working-class whodunit in which the solution to the murder mystery takes a distant back seat to countless barbs and jibes tossed in the direction of the mostly imbecilic cast of characters.