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35 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 4 out of 12
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    63
    While Fienberg's direction is no great shakes, the film showcases its veteran cast.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    The screenplay, written by first-time director Marc Fienberg, fervently stays true to an ancient sitcom tradition.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    50
    Alas, the conceit of a double-dating Grandson and Gramps does not produce a great many laughs in this cringeworthy film.
  4. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Joe Williams
    50
    Ultimately it's sunk by the hole in the middle: Paul Campbell (presidential aide Billy on "Battlestar Galactica") who substitutes smarm for charm as the archetypal player who gets played.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    50
    The comedy's broad perfs, predictable story beats and pro but characterless packaging have a smallscreen feel.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    40
    Undeniably offers cheap laughs, its most receptive audiences will likely be found in retirement-community auditoriums.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    40
    If you love Viagra jokes, look no further. Otherwise, stay home and find yourself a "Golden Girls" marathon.
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    40
    This Lifetime-ready comedy is hardly provocative--let alone perceptive, funny, or fresh
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Janice Page
    38
    Fienberg's film spends most of its time trying to convince us that true love starts when you stop playing games. Then, in the final minutes, it reverses itself and puts gamesmanship back up on another wobbly pedestal. The result is hard to cheer.
  10. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    30
    A sex romp starring Andy Griffith? Holy AARP! The good news is that the seemingly perennial TV fixture is still funny and sharp and folksy. The bad news is that he lost the bet, or whatever it was that got him into Marc Fienberg's smarmy, lackluster comedy.
  11. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    25
    Has all kinds of good intentions, but the comedy is too broad and the pacing is clumsy. And then there's the Andy Griffith sex scene.
  12. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    0
    This comedy is a bilge pump of tacky jokes, fake sentiment, and hollow performances, accompanied on the soundtrack by lite rock and hokey music cues. It should never have been made, though it's probably guaranteed a long life at bad-film festivals.
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