Critic Reviews
| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Gentle, wacky, down-to-earth and romantic.
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| 75 |
New York Post
Goes down as smoothly as a pint of Irish ale.
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| 75 |
Entertainment Weekly
Doug Brod
Featherweight tale of Guinness-guzzling bachelors.
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| 70 |
Los Angeles Times
A droll, hearty Irish comedy with a serious undertow all the more effective for its unexpected candor and depth.
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| 63 |
USA Today
It is tough to fight off the ennui created by this comedy.
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| 63 |
Chicago Tribune
Marc Caro
Like sitting through a rerun of a show you kind of liked.
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| 59 |
Mr. Showbiz
An amiable but contrived bit of blarney.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
Sweet-natured and as inconsequential as can be, shored up by smooth, low-key ensemble performances.
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| 50 |
Chicago Sun-Times
A sweet film, mildly pleasant to watch, but it's not worth the trip or even a detour.
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| 50 |
Chicago Reader
An open-mindedness in the plotting of this romantic comedy set on Ireland's Donegal coast adds a couple of mild surprises to the story.
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| 50 |
Washington Post
Derivative dumpling of a romantic comedy about Irish sexuality.
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| 50 |
Film.com
The audience for this film would be those people who like their cinematic fare pre-digested and painfully familiar.
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| 50 |
Dallas Observer
The latest entry in the "next 'Full Monty'" sweepstakes.
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| 50 |
Film.com
By no means a bad film, but rather a way too over-eager one.
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| 40 |
The New York Times
Another high-concept Irish Spring comedy.
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| 40 |
LA Weekly
Oddly anemic and muted -- BBC Saturday-night material.
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| 30 |
Variety
Another tale of out-of-it working-class men cooking up a harebrained scheme to improve their lot in life.
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| 10 |
Village Voice
Clichéd and condescending.
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