14
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 38RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comThe film adds up to a lot of bad ideas and very few good ones, wandering around Roth's footsteps in search of purpose.
- 25Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenTravis Zariwny detachedly regards the material as shtick to be waded through with quotation marks.
- 20Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiIt doesn't help that what passes for acting here seems more like a table read.
- 20Village VoiceSimon AbramsVillage VoiceSimon AbramsZariwny's conflicted retread is both too harsh and too judgmental.
- 10The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyWho benefits from the existence of this film? Certainly not the largely bland ensemble of post-adolescent actors cast as the leads, who here can scarcely be called characters. Possibly the day players essaying those stock grotesques, who retain the air of being hungry for work.
- 10VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireLack of originality feels like a fairly meaningless complaint when Roth’s film was derivative enough to begin with.