6 Month Rule
Metascore
31 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    Jun 8, 2012
    50
    Ensemble is sharp, although Adams and Dave Foley (as an obnoxious gallery owner) make more caricatured impressions.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Eric Hynes
    May 29, 2012
    50
    As with the latest Kate Hudson comedy, it's a formula for irrelevancy pretty much as a rule.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Andrew Schenker
    May 29, 2012
    50
    The film is far too indulgent with its lead character to do more than hint at the ways that one form of male egotism can morph into another.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    Jun 4, 2012
    40
    An ineffective indie variation on the sort of generic romantic comedy that should be starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    May 31, 2012
    40
    An ostensible romantic comedy that's really just a grating portrait of an irredeemable jerk.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    Jun 7, 2012
    30
    Weaver's last ditch attempt to upend rom-com convention and rewrite the movie as a skeevy lout's comeuppance hardly makes up for the clichéd slog that comes before.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Jun 1, 2012
    0
    Grueling vanity piece.

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  1. MarcDoyle
    3
    The dialogue - especially between the guy friends - is far too wooden to be believable. The pretentious rocker (the dude from the USA show "Suits") is marginally funny, but too much of a caricature and underplayed. I guess the bottom line is that I didn't believe that the initial chemistry between the lead characters would pull Don Juan away from his 6 month rule. Either it wasn't written in or the director didn't show it.… Full Review »