| Critics
Reviews |
Average
Grade: |
B |
|
|
Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...the results
are mostly funny but surprisingly sad, too."
more... |
B |
Chicago
Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...captures
certain essential, absurd truths about how
movies are made these days:"
more... |
A- |
Chicago
Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"Levy has
handled these types before, but nobody
handles them better."
more... |
B |
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz |
"The actors'
confessionals to camera that usually pepper
Guest's movies are gone here and sorely
missed."
more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...a shoo-in
to sweep every trophy available in the
competitive category of best coif in this
crazy business we call show."
more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"The spirit of
comic bravado can still be felt underneath,
but the film is undeniably flawed, almost
fatally."
more... |
C |
Hollywood
Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...outrageously hilarious..."
more... |
A |
New York
Post
Lou Lumenick |
"Fred Willard
does his most inspired work..."
more... |
B |
New York
Times
Stephen Holden |
"For Your
Consideration is by far the broadest
comedy Mr. Guest and company have made.
Despite its merriment, it is also the
flimsiest."
more... |
B- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...often
amusing but rarely uproarious, making this
the softest of Guest's recent oeuvre."
more... |
B |
Rolling
Stone
Peter Travers |
"...hilariously
twisted..."
more... |
A- |
San
Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...becomes
more effective as it gets more cutting."
more... |
B |
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...not hugely
funny or satirically biting."
more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"The jokes are
not at the comic level of A Mighty Wind
or Best in Show."
more... |
B- |
