75
Metascore
26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversYou may want to revisit this profanely hilarious Hollywood satire. . .just to catch the zingers the audience often drowns out with laughter. Hollywood corrupts absolutely, and Mamet turns the toxic process into the year's best and smartest comedy.
- 90VarietyVarietyA bona fide populist laugh riot.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA quintessentially wised-up insider comedy, ideally cast and filled with sharp writing from start to finish.
- 88New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsGently hilarious comedy.
- 88Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachA snarling satire of Hollywood single-mindedness and its lack of any moral underpinning.
- 80Dallas ObserverBill GalloDallas ObserverBill GalloThis is probably the funniest Mamet piece to date (but not the weightiest), and it might be destined to take a seat alongside "The Player" and "Sunset Boulevard" in the front row of movieland satires.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanPhiladelphia InquirerDesmond RyanHis (Mamet) direction is unobtrusive, unflashy, and always willing to allow the hilarious cast all the room it needs.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghMamet's jabs at Tinseltown's silken ruthlessness are quietly pointed, and the ensemble cast -- even the brittle and sometimes annoying Pidgeon (Mamet's wife) -- is brilliant.
- 60SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorAt its best, State and Main is fast and sharp, but when a movie like this goes off the rails, it's more disappointing than when a bad movie does.
- 50Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterState and Main is a Hollywood satire as cynical and thickheaded as its supposed targets.