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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenA formulaic wedding comedy about mismatched families, but thanks to several appealing performances this rote exercise turns out better than most.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThough the intended hilarity is forced and flat, there's a sweetness to the silliness.
- 50VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThis broad ethnic farce serves up a full-on culture collision, but -- thanks to a handful of diverting performers -- stops just short of becoming a train wreck.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA pleasant but inconsequential comedy, awkward for the actors, and contrived from beginning to end.
- 50Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallThe families' hopes for a tasteful, upscale wedding are sabotaged by warring egos and low-rent, walking-stereotype relatives.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumBe prepared to swallow a lot of empty-calorie jokes in which blacks and Latinos insult and misunderstand one another in a spirit of vigorous buffoonery.
- 38Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreA broad and formulaic culture-clash comedy built on fill-in-the-blank wedding comedy clichés.
- 38St. Louis Post-DispatchKevin C. JohnsonSt. Louis Post-DispatchKevin C. JohnsonDirector Rick Famuyiwa did much better when focusing just on African-American culture in films such as "Brown Sugar" and "The Wood." Here, in bringing together two cultures, he does neither any favors.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceMight've made for a progressive film if director and co-writer Rick Famuyiwa (Brown Sugar) hadn't pandered to the lowest common denominator with brainless screwball laughs.
- 20Time OutTime OutAside from an uncomfortable-looking Carlos Mencia, who seems to actively cower before the camera, the cast is robotically efficient--though that’s not the same thing as coming out of this lifeless mess unscathed.