Critic Reviews
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Mr. Showbiz
A pleasant and surprisingly polished fish-out-of-water comedy.
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| 50 |
Los Angeles Times
A pleasant diversion, and its makers have been smart enough to keep it unpretentious.
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| 42 |
Entertainment Weekly
Bruce Fretts
In the end, even Foxx is drowned out by the parade of one-note supporting characters.
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| 40 |
TV Guide
A hick-town, screwball comedy version of "Dog Day Afternoon," and surprisingly palatable despite its sitcom soul and star.
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Chicago Reader
Sweetly mediocre.
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| 38 |
New York Post
This is a cheap-looking lowbrow comedy that likely would have gone straight to home video.
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| 25 |
USA Today
Would not even make a decent five-minute TV sketch. At any length, it smells.
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| 25 |
San Francisco Examiner
It's a movie so foul even the folks at the NAACP Image Awards would have to look the other way.
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| 25 |
Boston Globe
Loren King
Alazy rip-off of ''Dog Day Afternoon'' that is too limp to even offend.
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| 25 |
Chicago Tribune
All the principals in this cinematic mess have had moments of glory on stage and screen, and one can only hope they got paid well for participating in this comedic embarrassment.
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| 20 |
Film.com
A lot of it works for two reasons: the situation allows for plenty of business with small-town eccentrics, and Jamie Foxx has been given a loose rein in the central role.
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Austin Chronicle
Staff [not credited]
The talented people in front of the camera fail to bring anything original, interesting, or even funny to this tedious would-be comedy.
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| 10 |
LA Weekly
Paul Cullum
It looks like the film is angling for a "Northern Exposure" reunion, except with none of the regional eccentricity.
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| 10 |
Variety
A shoddy vehicle for Jamie Foxx to ride into the summer season on.
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| 10 |
The New York Times
By the end, even the irrepressible Mr. Foxx seems tired and defeated, and we can only hope he perks up in time for his next movie.
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| 10 |
Film.com
Ted Fry
Mostly dreadful.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A real dud, with few laughs, no characterization, little story, a cluster of stereotypes and clichés and just plain nothing for Foxx to do.
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