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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharacters behave arbitrarily and incredibly, and a clumsy resolution brings the film to a thudding halt.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversEssentially an old-fashioned weepie gussied up for Y2K.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovIf only someone had taken away that disastrous third act we'd have one of the better mainstream films dealing with the impossible societal demands put upon gay parenting yet made. No such luck, though.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardNot even Rupert Everett is able to breathe life into soapy Thing.
- 38Baltimore SunAnn HornadayBaltimore SunAnn HornadayOf Madonna's considerable talents, making the camera love her isn't one: The screen seems to go dead every time she's on it.
- 38Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrNever having decided whether it wants to be comedy or a sentimental hand-wringer, it tries to be both and winds up being neither.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA garage sale of gay issues, harnessed to a plot as exhausted as a junkman's horse.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe movie has a well-meaning message about love and loyalty being the bedrock of real family values, but its good intentions sag as the story trades its air of mischievous comedy for trite sentimentality, arbitrary plot twists, and enough maudlin melodramatics to sustain a tabloid TV series.
- 20Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe whole thing becomes a very rickety and contrived tearjerker.
- 16Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyA resolutely awful film, it makes you want to swear off sex, comedy, Rupert Everett movies, flowers, yoga, children, roast beef -- many of the best things in life, in fact.