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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThere are no surprises here, just a by-the-numbers comedy that's better, and funnier, than it has a right to be, thanks to the efforts of the actors in it.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie's pleasures are scant, apart from its observance of Gene Siskel's Rule of Swimming Pool Adjacency, which states that when well-dressed people are near a swimming pool, they will - yeah, you got it.
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezYou Again is at its funniest in the early scenes, when everyone is pretending all is well beneath forced smiles and plotting eyes.
- 40Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesA lot of gunk: dance-offs, sing-alongs, awkward exes, and a dirty-talking White blasting through, I'm afraid, the last bits of her novelty. That again?
- 40Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallBitchy cheerleaders and swimming pool catfights are just two of the tedious cliches propping up this brittle comedy.
- 38Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreDisney's effort to turn Kristen Bell into America's Sweetheart reaches its tipping point with You Again, a flat romantic comedy that packages her in a funny setup and surrounds her with funny people.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttHas no inherent laughs, so an extremely versatile and talented cast struggles mightily to make something funny that simply isn't.
- 30VarietyVarietyManages to squander three generations of formidable actresses.
- 25Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyAn unlikable and excruciatingly unfunny comedy.
- 12Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThis is another miserable movie about women at war over nonsense.