Film.com's Scores

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For 1,193 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 51% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 59
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Critic Score 100
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1,193 movie reviews
    • Metascore: 60
    • Critic Score 35
    A shapelessly propulsive mess of pop psychology and poor drama.
  1. Not recommended for anyone but the hardiest of animation completists, this one is a definite skip. There’s nothing to note, nothing to grasp, nothing in which to find mirth. You could Escape from Planet Earth, but you’re better off just ignoring it.
  2. An active affront to logic, placing us in a world we firmly know doesn’t exist.
  3. I can't imagine why De Niro, who is a fine comedian, is still coasting on his gangster act, and surely Crystal can do something other than play himself...it feels a little like an exercise in laziness.
    • Metascore: 39
    • Critic Score 30
    Comes off as nothing more than a PG-rated excuse to showcase Roberts in a variety of wedding gowns (five, by my count) and an exhausting number of comedy cliches.
  4. The small reward is the cool, confident presence of DMX, who shows signs of being a great leading man. But only in a much smarter, more original movie.
  5. So very general in its characters and story that it actively keeps you from enjoying the simple pleasures of a movie like this.
  6. The humor is, at best, thudding. At its worst, it's breathtakingly stupid and offensive.
  7. Mangold ultimately can't displace memories of "An Angel at My Table," "Lilith," "The Snake Pit," "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" and other, stronger accounts of young women placed in mental institutions.
  8. Quite shameless in imitating its predecessors.
  9. Gun Shy can't rise on wobbly legs, and its real potential is lost for good.
  10. Afailed attempt at a hipster screwball comedy. Very failed.
  11. The new dud from Miramax's Dimension label.
  12. A painfully unfunny movie.
  13. It may have a good liberal conscience, and genuine sympathy for the rare perspective of a homeless person, but this movie is a fundamentally sentimental exercise.
  14. Gets my vote for the summer's most offensive movie.
  15. Utterly unnecessary sequel.
  16. A nonsensical mishmash.
  17. The movie is a mess.
  18. Mud-stained, blood-soaked and completely useless.
  19. Limp direction, laughable production values, accent-heaving acting and dialogue and more lumps than three-day-old oatmeal.
  20. One of the least endurable films of 1999.
  21. Not a very good movie; it's sentimental, pandering and psychologically anorexic.
  22. The real problem is that it's not a very good Hollywood film, and its flaccid style, cardboard characters, and paint-by-the-numbers plot make watching it a chore.
    • Metascore: 52
    • Critic Score 30
    So relentlessly vanilla that it never springs to life.
  23. Derivative, cliché-ridden and old hat.
  24. The visual fireworks and catchy score just underline the extreme superficiality of the material.
    • Metascore: 40
    • Critic Score 30
    Seems to be an exercise not unlike the phone-booth stuffing of the '50s; namely, let's see how much plot we can fit into a movie before it bursts.
    • Metascore: 47
    • Critic Score 30
    Stretched too thin, looks cheap, and can't quite go the distance.
    • Metascore: 46
    • Critic Score 30
    Appears to be several different movies spliced together, with unfortunate results.