| 88 |
New York Post
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.
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| 63 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
A light-as-powder family comedy.
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| 63 |
Baltimore Sun
In this day of overstuffed action flicks and dumbed-down "comedies," (Snow Day) is kinda refreshing.
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| 63 |
Chicago Tribune
Lou Carlozo
Succeeds in bringing the best attributes of Nickelodeon TV to the big screen.
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| 58 |
Portland Oregonian
Bob Thomas
The humor is on the level of flatulence by a chubby boy.
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| 50 |
Charlotte Observer
Offers an amusing break to the undemanding.
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| 50 |
LA Weekly
Nicole Campos
Fortunately, everything comes together splendidly in the last act, and the kids and grown-ups are all first-rate.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
Mildly amusing and as obvious as it is good-natured.
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| 42 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It's an original and rather clever premise, but first-time director Chris Koch doesn't do anything with it.
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| 40 |
Film.com
Not a waste of time, but not quite in control of its destination.
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| 38 |
Chicago Sun-Times
An uninspired assembly of characters and story lines that interrupt one another.
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| 38 |
USA Today
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.
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| 38 |
Boston Globe
Takes a vacation from quality.
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| 38 |
New York Daily News
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.
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| 30 |
TNT RoughCut
Graham Verdon
Wear your boots to this one, but because of the crap, not the snow.
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| 30 |
Los Angeles Times
Robin Rauzi
Isn't for teens, it's for the kids who aspire to be teens.
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| 30 |
Village Voice
Lael Loewenstein
A family film that's about as fluffy as fresh powder.
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| 25 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Chase is so dull in this film, he looks as if he's sleepwalking.
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| 20 |
Chicago Reader
This grasping comedy targets kids of all ages but will please no one as it exploits exhausted ideas about adolescence.
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| 20 |
Washington Post
There's little here to offend anyone, and even less here to excite anyone.
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| 20 |
The New York Times
A. O. Scott
Fails both as arrested-development farce and as teen-age romantic comedy.
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| 0 |
Entertainment Weekly
Even Snow Day's winter wonderland looks fake.
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