Mail Order Bride
Metascore
9 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 6 out of 6
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    20
    Ultimately unable to overcome both its amateurish qualities and its overly familiar elements.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    20
    This amateurish comedy features some amazing sequences shot in Moscow. But everything else about it is second rate.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nat Johnson
    20
    The hapless goodfella-in-training is as unsuccessful at fulfilling his uncle's wishes as the star and co-director, Robert Capelli Jr., is at delivering punchlines.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    20
    Dismally unfunny cross-cultural farce posits stupidity as the universal language.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Megan Lehmann
    12
    As if the witless cultural stereotypes weren't bad enough, misogyny is rampant -- bare-breasted women abound, yet the protagonist remains fully clothed while having a bullet removed from his butt.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    10
    Might have generated a laugh or two had it not forced the actors into uncomfortable extremes of caricature.

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User Score
4.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. kurt
    0
    Worst movie ever made? possibly rather eat the film than watch it.
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