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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Film.comWilliam GossFilm.comWilliam GossThe beats and trappings are all standard-issue, but the gags are funny enough, often enough, to offset such routine proceedings.
- An above-average number of laugh-out-loud set pieces compensate for the resulting wobbly narrative.
- 70VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinIf the emotional mathematics don’t quite add up, enough diversion is provided by pic’s broader comic setpieces to paper over the cracks.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe result is funny and plausible, with a fair bit of newly modish Bridesmaidsy bad taste, though I kept getting the sense that the romcom template meant Mazer couldn't really let rip with pure comedy pessimism and cynicism in the way he might have liked.
- 60The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinIn the end it amounts to not much, but in the moment I laughed a lot.
- 60EmpireOlly RichardsEmpireOlly RichardsThe jokes are strong and delivered by a very talented cast, but the heart isn’t there. It’s easy to laugh, but hard to care.
- 60Total FilmTotal FilmIn a film with obvious ambition, though, it’s a shame that it resorts to formula so quickly.
- 50The DissolveNoel MurrayThe DissolveNoel MurrayThe default middle ground between true-to-life and wacky in I Give It A Year turns out to be a place of dreary artificiality.
- 50Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerMuch of the film's attempted laughs come from the comedy-of-discomfort school, with an endless array of situations that milk awkwardness to a degree that makes these scenes far more unpleasant than humorous to watch.
- 25The PlaylistDrew TaylorThe PlaylistDrew TaylorI Give It a Year groans on, with unmemorable scene after unmemorable scene, each one more contingent on coincidence and happenstance than by the actual, gear-filled mechanics of drama or comedy.