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6.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  1. ChadS.
    Aug 21, 2009
    4
    Like a mediocre Woody Allen movie, even when the hyper-literate banter between Lorelai and Rory(on the much-missed WB dramedy "Gilmore Girls") wasn't quite up to form, you were still in the company of smart, articulate people. Sometimes you had to settle for "Stars Hollow Ending". Rory Gilmore, the prodigious only child of a single mother(played to perfection by Lauren Graham) was such a vivid, genuine creation, the last thing Alexis Bledel should do is play somebody who could be her less accomplished twin. Similar to Rory, in "Post-Grad", Ryden Malby graduates from college with a degree in English; she reads, lo and behold, novels. Among her favorites are J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" and Charles Bukowski's "Post Office", books you could imagine Rory reading, but not Ryden, a girl who balks at selling luggage with her old man(played by Michael Keaton) as a stopgap measure against unemployment. Ryden's highfalutin attitude towards menial labor tells me that she learned nothing from the trials and tribulations of Bukowski's alter-ego Henry Chinaski. Posited as the nice girl, Ryden is hardly sympathetic when the school valedictorian gives her a hard time by being faux-fussy with the paraphernalia, not after having just seen the working stiff lose some customers due to a woeful demeanor. Worst of all, she disrespects her father by walking off the job. Rory would never leave Lorelai in a lurch. True, it's not fair to compare roles, but that's the problem with "Post-Grad"; both girls are collegiate and relatively clean-cut. Bledel had the right idea when she played a hooker in Richard Rodriguez's "Sin City". She has to play against type.… Expand
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  2. moviefreak12
    Nov 3, 2010
    8
    a great movie for the family, it will cheer you right up if you are having a bad day. its a movie that will make you smile thought the 90 minute duration.
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Metascore
35 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 25 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 25
  3. Negative: 10 out of 25
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Vadim Rizov
    40
    In 2009. Vicky Jenson's live-action debut is as cartoonish as her work on "Shrek," and that's OK for the comic bits. The rest seems like a remarkably cynical cross-breed-for all demographics, but, ultimately, for none.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    40
    An innocuous -- to the point of blandness -- look at the "hardships" of a recent college grad.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    40
    As fiction characters go, Ryden seems as dull as they come, making it hard to muster much sympathy for her plight.
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