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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangSurfing the crowd in Altman-lite style, pic skims the surface entertainingly but goes limp in its stabs at seriousness, especially in the final scenes, which all but drown in emotional confrontations and hasty happy endings.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardThe drama never gets too deep or the comedy too funny in this L.A.-centric story that feels more like a pilot for a "Friends"-style series.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghNeither as dull nor as insufferably smug as it could easily have been.
- 40L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThe script (by Matthew Perniciaro and Timm Sharp) is trite, and the direction so flat that every scene looks like it was shot in a broom closet, but the bright young cast makes things more bearable than they should be.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenSets out to be a baby "Big Chill" but plays out like an unsold Fox pilot.
- Wants to be an honest, earnest look at the difficulties of growing up and moving on, but it remains stuck in such a fantasy-laden milieu that the characters never feel particularly real, and their problems seem phony and arbitrary.
- Yet another movie dedicated to privileged self-involvement; just once, it would be nice to observe the early-adulthood traumas of, say, some plumbers or pipe fitters. Surely they have friends, too.
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThere are bachelor and bachelorette parties, as well as much misbehavior, in this glossy and unconvincing little flick, receiving a vanity booking on the way to video.