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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhile lacking a knockout scene, the script is full of solid laughs punctuated with pangs of emotional insight.
- 70Dallas ObserverLuke Y. ThompsonDallas ObserverLuke Y. ThompsonWhat results ultimately plays like a feature-length episode of an HBO comedy series like Sex and the City -- gratuitous nudity and all.
- 70TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxIt's not only sexy, clever and well-acted by a fine cast of mostly TV actors, but it's also a grown-up comedyabout honest-to-God grown ups.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThere is enough discomfort on display to reinforce the cynical adage that sex is God's joke.
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasEventually finds its rhythm with late flashes of dark humor and bedroom hijinks, but it takes too much time to get there.
- Along with the performances, there is a languid truthfulness in some of the dialogue that keeps Seeing Other People from being one of those completely forgettable indie romances that play in perpetuity on cable.
- 50Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumMore witty than laugh-out-loud funny.
- 40L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasBegins as a refreshingly subversive departure from the Hollywood studios' cookie-cutter romances, but the thin script can't sustain that initial charge, and it soon flattens out, like a punctured comic balloon.
- 38New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannWhat is astonishing is that husband-and-wife writers Wally Wolodarsky (who also directed) and Maya Forbes, with combined credits that include "The Simpsons" and "The Larry Sanders Show," could churn out something this nasty and ludicrous.
- 25New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardAttempts a coolness quotient it can't pull off.