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Loving Jezebel
Metascore
33 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 5 out of 12
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    75
    A joyous first feature by director Kwyn Bader, is a charmer.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    63
    The movie's problem is a fundamental lack of substance.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    50
    All we get is the Oedipal nightmare of a mom, the flaky teddy-bear fanatic, the sexual vampire, and on and on.
  4. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    50
    There's more gymnastic yammering in Loving Jezebel than in a season of "Dawson's Creek."
  5. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    45
    Captures the embarrassment of foreplay, but it could use a few lessons in the art of seduction
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    40
    Mr. Bader was lucky to get a good cast.
  7. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    40
    A charming, albeit slightly overextended (even at 81 minutes) multiracial sex comedy.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    Isn't as relentlessly vulgar or cartoonish as "The Ladies Man" - nor is it a whole lot more realistic.
  9. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    30
    A romantic comedy that's trying its damnedest to be cute and endearing and might be more successful if it weren't built on a foundation of barely-concealed misogyny.
  10. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    25
    Run-of-the-mill sitcom-y in its pedestrian writing and uninspired direction.
  11. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    20
    What's meant to be a colorblind story, plays up age-old stereotypes.
  12. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    20
    An oafish wish-fulfillment wankfest.
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