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Metascore
32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThis comedy is packed with p---- jokes, the cruder the better.
- 75Baltimore SunAnn HornadayBaltimore SunAnn HornadayA bawdy, brainy sex comedy geared toward smart people with a sophomoric streak.
- 70Film.comTom KeoghFilm.comTom KeoghLet your children have their childhood while you have a rare, grown-up experience at the multi-plex for a change.
- 63San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisIn another universe - though it is difficult to imagine which one - Garry Shandling might be sexy.
- 50USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaNichols usually can lure A-list casts to even C-grade projects, and this is no exception.
- 40Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThe buildup to social criticism in what at first appears to be pointless and partly misogynist exploitation is subtly impressive.
- 20L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisShandling comes off as a sleazebag -- all that's missing are the gold chains, tufted chest hair and English Leather.
- 20Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranSporadically funny, often strange and almost never poignant.
- 20Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovQuite possibly, this could have been a hit back in 1975 or so, and almost certainly for Blake Edwards, but here and now it's just a puzzling aberration.
- 10NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenThe combination of Shandling's button-down TV sensibility and Nichols's good taste produces a film whose tone is out of sync with the simple, ribald conceit and is only mildly amusing at best.