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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenLike a number of cult directors to emerge in the 1970s, Henry Jaglom values a party atmosphere at the expense of narrative cohesion.
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAs cavalier with structure as ever, Mr. Jaglom surrounds himself with familiars who embrace his cheery, disorderly style.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAlthough unlikely to make any new converts, The M Word should well satisfy the filmmaker’s small legion of devoted fans.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceIn The M Word, Jaglom smartly sees a parallel between midlife hormone upheaval and sudden workplace superfluousness, but his unstructured-gabfest approach makes rather a mess of it.
- 40VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasThe lively but wildly erratic result will surely please Jaglom’s winnowing fan base, while baffling most others and doing little to deter Jaglom himself.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJaglom is too spiritually and cinematically lazy to do anything but evoke glib, artless solidarity, and let us know he's heard of Twitter and Facebook.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThere are some nice moments of camaraderie, as Feldman and Imperioli do their laid-back thing and Fisher is feisty and warmhearted. Still, the let’s-all-talk-at-once actorliness wears thin. It’s just not worth the mood swings.