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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBy far the best Judd Apatow comedy that Judd Apatow had nothing at all to do with.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAbove all, just plain funny. It's funny with some dumb physical humor, yes, and some gross-out jokes apparently necessary to all buddy movies, but also funny in observations, dialogue, physical behavior and Sydney Fife's observations as a people-watcher.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterIt's a rare comedy that actually grows funnier on reflection. It benefits enormously from the talents of the two stars.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinI Love You, Man is totally formulaic, but the formula is unnervingly (and hilariously) inside out.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe movie delivers an absolutely complete, fully realized, delightfully novel redo of the hoariest of forms: the meet-cute, love-at-first-sight, break-up-and-make-up, racing-to-the-altar slapstick weepy that's been a staple of cinema since the invention of cinema.
- 75Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezHilarious and socially astute.
- 67The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasWhat saves I Love You, Man, at least partially, is the relaxed chemistry between Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, both very funny men who are genuine enough to push back against a premise that's often maddeningly artificial.
- 63Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanJon Favreau, J.K. Simmons, Thomas Lennon and half a dozen other capable comedians drift in and out. Yet the movie seems long even at 105 minutes.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA Judd Apatow clone that's one of the few recent R-rated raunch fests the ubiquitous auteur of larky crudeness actually had nothing to do with, I Love You, Man cranks out the kind of lowball humor that makes you gag on your own laughs.
- 40Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleAnd like most women in bromance comedies, Jones does exactly what she's supposed to do by doing almost nothing.