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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloAggressively derivative though The Longest Week is, however, it’s clearly the work not of a lazy thief, but of a raw talent who’s still struggling to find his own voice. In the meantime, his impressions are pretty darn impressive.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe considerable charms of Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde get a considered workout in the lightly charming New York romance The Longest Week. It’s a droll comedy, with a droll narration.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweA blithely derivative romantic comedy that isn’t without a certain smug charm.
- 40New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyNew York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJust like the character of Conrad, the movie coasts on confidence without ever proving it has a soul.
- 40Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt takes effort to turn a movie with a cast as appealing as the one in The Longest Week into a grating exercise in narcissism, but writer and director Peter Glanz proves up to the task.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceLacking any significant character arc or motivation, The Longest Week is little more than a series of insipid conversations between bored aristocrats who snark at each other in monotone.
- 25RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiNot even the able actors that Glanz somehow managed to rope into his project can do much with the draggy story and the vapid characters that they have been given to play.
- 20Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLike so many filmmaking wunderkinds who could have used a course in common sense, Glanz is technically assured but emotionally hollow.
- 10The DissolveNathan RabinThe DissolveNathan RabinThe film’s constant nods to the artificiality of its narrative highlight its precious, cloying phoniness rather than subvert it.