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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA game and often quite funny attempt with an expert cast.
- 50L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonGerber has a sharp cast at hand -- All work furiously, yet the director, with his fake backdrops and stately pacing, never settles on a consistent tone. Surely the novel had more bite.
- 50New Times (L.A.)Jean OppenheimerNew Times (L.A.)Jean OppenheimerNominal comedy has a few bright spots but never seems to find its rhythm.
- 40TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxNicely shot around New York City, this dodgy mixture of cutesy romance, dark satire and murder mystery uses the same central conceit as Neil LaBute's "Nurse Betty."
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIf you want to direct a movie that's already been done, it's a good idea to pick one you can improve on.
- 30VarietyVarietyTries to combine romantic comedy, soap-opera parody and murder mystery, but the disparate elements never gel, and the film, about homicide at a daytime television serial, bounces around with no clue of how to reconcile or intertwine its genre conventions.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittEveryone tries very hard to make the story sweet and funny, but the soggy screenplay defeats them every time.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceSluggish, tonally uneven -- In fact, it doesn't even rise to the level of 1991's Soapdish, with the feverishly mugging Elisabeth Shue sending up TV's cesspool of sentimentality.
- 20Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla DargisA dreary indulgence. An unfunny satire set in the world of daytime soap opera, it isn't offensive enough to inspire passionate response.
- 0The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAn excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay.