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21 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 12 out of 17
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  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    59
    A pleasant and surprisingly polished fish-out-of-water comedy.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    50
    A pleasant diversion, and its makers have been smart enough to keep it unpretentious.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Bruce Fretts
    42
    In the end, even Foxx is drowned out by the parade of one-note supporting characters.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    40
    A hick-town, screwball comedy version of "Dog Day Afternoon," and surprisingly palatable despite its sitcom soul and star.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    40
    Sweetly mediocre.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    This is a cheap-looking lowbrow comedy that likely would have gone straight to home video.
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  7. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: John Petrakis
    25
    All the principals in this cinematic mess have had moments of glory on stage and screen, and one can only hope they got paid well for participating in this comedic embarrassment.
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  8. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    25
    It's a movie so foul even the folks at the NAACP Image Awards would have to look the other way.
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  9. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Andy Seiler
    25
    Would not even make a decent five-minute TV sketch. At any length, it smells.
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  10. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    25
    Alazy rip-off of ''Dog Day Afternoon'' that is too limp to even offend.
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  11. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Robert Horton
    20
    A lot of it works for two reasons: the situation allows for plenty of business with small-town eccentrics, and Jamie Foxx has been given a loose rein in the central role.
  12. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Staff [not credited]
    11
    The talented people in front of the camera fail to bring anything original, interesting, or even funny to this tedious would-be comedy.
  13. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Cullum
    10
    It looks like the film is angling for a "Northern Exposure" reunion, except with none of the regional eccentricity.
  14. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ted Fry
    10
    Mostly dreadful.
  15. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    10
    By the end, even the irrepressible Mr. Foxx seems tired and defeated, and we can only hope he perks up in time for his next movie.
  16. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    10
    A shoddy vehicle for Jamie Foxx to ride into the summer season on.
  17. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    0
    A real dud, with few laughs, no characterization, little story, a cluster of stereotypes and clichés and just plain nothing for Foxx to do.
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