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6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14

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  1. MichaelC.
    Mar 6, 2001
    3
    Danny DeVito and Neve Campbell sleepwalk, and I didn't care for any of the characters. It is never funny, and always misses its goal. Drowning Mona is a bit like The Whole Nine Yards, but worse. Not recommended. At all.
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  2. MattC.
    Jul 2, 2003
    9
    Despite many reviews, this movie is actually pretty dam hilarious. If you enjoy random comedy with comedic (and sometimes perverted) plot twists, then this movie is for you. For the most part, if you liked the stupid and random humor in Dumb and Dumber, then you'll like this movie as well. If, on the other hand, you don't think that pregnant women drinking, a [purposely] out-of-place lesbian kiss, and "mismatched one-liners," are funny, then go watch a Disney movie and stop wining that the movie is amoral.… Expand
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  3. PatC.
    Jan 14, 2004
    3
    Like a lot of DeVito projects, has potential to be a classic. This one's chief comic device is to keep shooting itself in the foot.
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  4. Vee
    Oct 3, 2004
    6
    Not a masterpiece, but gives plenty of laughs. and they drive yugo's!!! that image alone cracks me up!
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  5. LovísaH.
    Jul 1, 2002
    10
    I Loved this movie. I thougth the acting was outstanding and you really felt for that caracters. I thought Casey Affleck did the best job as Bobby Calzone although people migth say that he mumbled through the whole movie. You really felt for Bobby and I was roothing for Bobby the whole movie. Casey Affleck is a great actor and we are definetly gonna see more of him in the future!!!
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  6. B.G.
    May 22, 2004
    9
    I love this movie.
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  7. EuniceS.
    Jul 28, 2004
    0
    This is the most time-wasting movie I've seen. It should have been good, given the great cast. But it wasn't funny or even slightly amusing. Shame on the persons who actually produced this mess.
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  8. MFattore
    Jul 14, 2002
    10
    I think this movie is fun to watch. The cast is perfect. Casey Affleck is right on the mark with his character, as well as the other actors. The more you watch it the more you laugh. I disagree with the negative reviews of this movie. I think it depicts perfectly that sort of small town, for lack of a better phrase, white trash type of goings on and dark humor. The movie's a comedy after all, don't take it too seriously. Thought it was excellent!!… Expand
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  9. CarlaG.
    Nov 15, 2003
    6
    Surprisingly better than expected. Good cast (albeit with bad hair), but the critics were wrong, this movie is funny enough to watch. It would have been stronger in the hands of the Coen Bros., but still worth a look-see.
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  10. LyndseyM.
    Mar 27, 2003
    10
    I love this movie...it seems sometimes that the lower the critic ratings and reviews, the better the movie. Same goes for how much publicity the movie gets before it is even released...the harder they puch the movie, the worse it is.
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  11. BerthaFox-D.
    Sep 15, 2005
    9
    This is a hillarious movie. It took a couple of viewings before I "got" it, but it's a great film. It reminds me of the Bonnie Bakely trial. The woman was so despised that anyone who came in contact with her could have been culpable! Jamie Lee Curtis steals the show as a greasy spoon waitress who is having an affair with Mona's husband AND son! Worth seeing for sure!
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Metascore
25 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 20 out of 32
  1. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    50
    Has a made-for-TV smallness (it will probably be a big hit on cable), and it never quite vanquishes the nagging suspicion that you could be spending your time better elsewhere.
  2. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    20
    There's a definite limit to the number of moron jokes we can absorb in 100 minutes, and their movie exceeds it.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    75
    Executed on a pretty broad level, but if characterization is slighted, the ensemble is so rich, with such depth, that every few minutes another juicy turn keeps coming our way to divert us.
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