| 100 |
Los Angeles Times
A constant, idiosyncratic pleasure that leaves us eager to see what the Goodmans and Logue will do next.
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| 100 |
Boston Globe
One of the year's most winning performances, Logue's Dex will grow on you as he stumbles toward emotional fullness.
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| 100 |
Rolling Stone
Logue hits every note of humor and heart in his breakthrough role. Don't miss him. He's that good.
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| 91 |
Entertainment Weekly
It's a tiny, sunny character study about a fat guy who's an unlikely chick magnet. And as such it's a pip.
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| 90 |
Slate
Went down like a slice of warm pecan pie topped with two scoops of Ben and Jerry's Bovinity Divinity.
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| 90 |
Washington Post
Warmhearted, wonderfully witty.
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| 90 |
Washington Post
Wise, funny, sweet, sexy and kind.
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| 90 |
Film.com
An offbeat delight.
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| 88 |
New York Post
An ideal antidote to the big-budget bores that studios put out in late summer, The Tao of Steve is a charming, funny and refreshingly smart Gen-X romantic comedy in the tradition of "When Harry Met Sally" - with the bonus of an engagingly laid-back Southwestern flavor.
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| 75 |
Baltimore Sun
A welcome anomaly - a shallow hero you root for.
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| 75 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Like most films in this overworked genre, it's as formulaic in its own way as a John Wayne western, and the characters and situations all have a gnawing predictability about them.
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| 75 |
Portland Oregonian
The picture is Logue's entirely, and without him, it might not be worth a visit.
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| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor
Logue's magnetic performance is the movie's main virtue, supported by a good secondary cast and a sharply written screenplay.
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| 75 |
New York Daily News
Outside of the leads, the acting is uneven, but The Tao of Steve has an unquenchable playful spirit.
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| 75 |
USA Today
This quirky, winning sleeper from first-time director Jenniphr Goodman has its pokey moments, but it's no insult to say that it is as pleasantly easygoing as its slacker hero.
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| 75 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
Loose, eminently likable stuff.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
A modest but charming romantic comedy.
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| 75 |
Mr. Showbiz
A charming movie.
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| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
One of the things I like about the movie is the wit of its dialogue, the way sentences and conversations coil with confidence up to a conclusion that is totally unexpected.
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| 70 |
TV Guide
So adorable you don't ever mind that the story's so slight it's in danger of shriveling up and blowing away, or that it drags a little in the middle.
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| 70 |
Dallas Observer
Since the narrative's destination is awkwardly obvious, and the tone occasionally melts into a sticky-sweet mess like cotton candy in the sun, the movie is most often saved by its generous helpings of clever dialogue.
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| 70 |
Film.com
A crowd pleaser, but there's something a bit prim and pre-determined about its conclusions.
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| 70 |
The New York Times
Can't redeem the moves toward its predictable happy ending. But the movie has a protagonist who has a great time getting there.
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| 63 |
Charlotte Observer
Far too clever for its own good.
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| 63 |
Chicago Tribune
The problem is that we never see Dex employing the Steve technique to bed a female.
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| 63 |
San Francisco Examiner
The vibe is acoustic-cafe: cute, catchy and ironic given its wimpy point of view.
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| 40 |
Chicago Reader
The clunky plot is set in Santa Fe, and includes a foil character who might as well wear a sign on his forehead.
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| 40 |
Village Voice
Can any American filmmaker other than the Farrellys make a rom-com in which the principals engage in activities apart from the tiresomely tireless dissection of rom?
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| 40 |
Austin Chronicle
It's the kind of film you feel like watching twice -- not because you found it that engaging to begin with, but because you didn't, and everyone else did.
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| 30 |
LA Weekly
It's amazing that anyone still thinks this kind of shit can fly.
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