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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Bullock, easing into her mid-40s with box-office mojo intact, remains the star attraction as the annoyingly endearing Mary. You simply can't imagine another actor of her stature pulling it off.
- 50St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsThere are good movies to be made about romantic obsession, but the premise doesn't work if the crazy stalker isn't juxtaposed with a sympathetic victim.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe screenplay by Kim Barker requires Bullock to behave in an essentially disturbing way that began to wear on me. It begins as merely peculiar, moves on to miscalculation and becomes seriously annoying.
- 38Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaStruggles mightily to find its loony essence. But Bullock's apple-cheeked larkishness is all flailing limbs and bug-eyed reaction shots - there's no there there. Cooper's character is woefully underwritten, Church's is yet another vain anchorman-wannabe cartoon.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA viewer is challenged to guess what the filmmakers thought they were doing. A 1930s screwball comedy with a modern sensibility? A misguided valentine to those who march to the beat of a different drummer?
- 10VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowrySitting through the picture is an endurance test.
- 0Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleInsulting, witless comedy.
- 0Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderPackaged as a romantic comedy but devoid of comedy or romance, this baffling train wreck stars Sandra Bullock as a tediously kooky constructor of crossword puzzles for a Sacramento newspaper.
- 0The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinHow do you make a movie about a protagonist so profoundly irritating that even her loved ones barely tolerate her? And how do you avoid annoying audiences to the point of distraction in the process?
- 0Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrEasily the worst movie of the week, month, year, and Bullock’s entire career. It is to comedy what leprosy once was to the island of Molokai: a plague best contemplated from many miles away.