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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterIt's a terrific movie.
- 100San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonA movie that has an odd plot, quirky characters and a real edge, but it's not in-your-face, a re-invention of a genre or a smirky independent. It's different because it's flat-out great.
- 90Film.comTom KeoghFilm.comTom Keogh[Roos's] dialogue (including an on-and-off voiceover by Ricci's pregnant, runaway sociopath) has a ringing clarity, his satire is low-key but quite real, and his actors mesh so perfectly you'd swear they rehearsed for months before shooting.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe De-Dee character subverts those expectations; she shoots the legs out from under the movie with perfectly timed zingers.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe wonder of it all is how bitterly funny the complications are, especially as filtered through Dedee's monstrously self-centered voice-over.
- 70Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlFor all the cynicism on the soundtrack and the occasional lapses in tone, this is a remarkably generous comedy.
- 60Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsIt's an excellent date film, but it won't change your life.
- 40The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinConsistently clever without ever being funny. The film is so in love with its own carefully calibrated outrageousness that it doesn't bother to give its characters any depth beyond sitcom-level stereotypes.
- 40Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThis 1998 movie is essentially a compilation of things-aren't-what-they-seem games played on the viewer; all its little tricks, including Ricci's snide and smart-alecky voice-overs about movie conventions, are really old--except one. But it's not worth the wait.
- 20Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanVery much like sex. On second thought, make that bad sex. Actually, sexual assault is more like it. It will leave you feeling used, bruised, violated, mistrustful and unclean.