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Snow Day
Metascore
34 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 12 out of 22
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    88
    Makes the most of its wintry settings and never insults the audience's intelligence -- no mean feat for a family film. It's a real crowd-pleaser.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Lou Carlozo
    63
    Succeeds in bringing the best attributes of Nickelodeon TV to the big screen.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    63
    A light-as-powder family comedy.
  4. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    63
    In this day of overstuffed action flicks and dumbed-down "comedies," (Snow Day) is kinda refreshing.
  5. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Bob Thomas
    58
    The humor is on the level of flatulence by a chubby boy.
  6. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    50
    Offers an amusing break to the undemanding.
  7. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    50
    Mildly amusing and as obvious as it is good-natured.
  8. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Nicole Campos
    50
    Fortunately, everything comes together splendidly in the last act, and the kids and grown-ups are all first-rate.
  9. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    42
    It's an original and rather clever premise, but first-time director Chris Koch doesn't do anything with it.
  10. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    40
    Not a waste of time, but not quite in control of its destination.
  11. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    An uninspired assembly of characters and story lines that interrupt one another.
  12. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Chevy Chase looks tired, Pam Grier looks embarrassed, and pop star Iggy Pop gives a performance that -- if you can believe it -- is even sillier than his name.
  13. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    38
    Unless you have a craving to watch a sluggish Ski-Doo race or want to admire Chase dressed as a hula dancer, consider this the cinematic equivalent of yellow snow.
  14. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    Takes a vacation from quality.
  15. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Lael Loewenstein
    30
    A family film that's about as fluffy as fresh powder.
  16. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robin Rauzi
    30
    Isn't for teens, it's for the kids who aspire to be teens.
  17. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: Graham Verdon
    30
    Wear your boots to this one, but because of the crap, not the snow.
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  18. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    25
    Chase is so dull in this film, he looks as if he's sleepwalking.
  19. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A. O. Scott
    20
    Fails both as arrested-development farce and as teen-age romantic comedy.
  20. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    20
    There's little here to offend anyone, and even less here to excite anyone.
  21. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    20
    This grasping comedy targets kids of all ages but will please no one as it exploits exhausted ideas about adolescence.
  22. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    0
    Even Snow Day's winter wonderland looks fake.
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