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51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    70
    A sometimes hilarious, often wrenching pas de deux between actors Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    60
    It's about watching two always-fine actors do a lot with very little.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: David Fear
    60
    It's the kind of two-hander that relies solely on the chemistry of the actors, both of whom banter, parry and bum rush their way through various left turns with grace. Their pas de deux almost makes up for this threadbare tragedy's no-win endgame. Almost.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Duane Byrge
    50
    Under Tucci's direction, Blind Date careens into tedium as the couple plays out permutations of a blind-date pairing.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    Set in a bar that echoes the far superior "Big Night," this labored two-hander plays more like an acting exercise than an actual movie.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    50
    Stagey pacing and unnecessary magic-realist voiceover aside, the film's ultimate failure as moving melodrama is that we experience these two acting as a dance partner, a reporter--even a blind man--but we never get who they really are, beyond grieving parents.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    50
    The self-consciousness of the premise and the playlike structure of Blind Date clash with the naturalism of Mr. Tucci and Ms. Clarkson's acting styles, and the film never lifts itself above its origin as a well-meaning, underdeveloped exercise.
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