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Hanging Up
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Hanging Up reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 33 Metascore out of 100
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5.0 out of 10
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for language and some sex-rekated nateruak

Starring Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Diane Keaton, and Walter Matthau

A trio of sisters (Ryan, Keaton, Kudrow) come together at the (possible) imminent death of their father (Matthau), to whom none of them was particularly close.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Delia Ephron (also book)
Nora Ephron
 
DIRECTED BY: Diane Keaton  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: June 27, 2000 
Video: June 27, 2000 
Theatrical: February 18, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 94 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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75
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
(Matthau's) is a truly magical performance: hilarious, unguarded and deeply touching.
68
Mr. Showbiz F. X. Feeney
They make a believable trio of siblings, but not even their combined wit can lift this script above the maudlin.
67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
If you find her (Ryan) distinctive persona to be too irritatingly cute to bear, this mannered movie is likely to play like fingernails on a blackboard .
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63
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Imagine "King Lear" art-directed by Martha Stewart and you have Hanging Up.
63
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
A lame, glossy and disastrously misconceived film about three ditsy sisters dealing with the death of their horrible father.
63
Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday
Ends up being more about her hair (Meg Ryan's) than anything else.
50
Miami Herald Phoebe Flowers
Meg's as cute as ever, but empty Hanging Up never connects.
50
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
More about continuing the legend of the irascible but lovable old man into the grave, if necessary.
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50
Boston Globe Jay Carr
A flimsy sister act.
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50
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Characters seem phony.
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50
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Keaton doesn't have quite enough filmmaking savvy to balance the story's heart-wrenching and smile-coaxing aspects.
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50
TNT RoughCut Sarah Raskin
Ryan gives her standard, likeable performance.
40
TV Guide Steve Simels
This is essentially a glib soap opera whose main characters are two-dimensional cliches used as clotheslines on which to hang sitcom-level jokes.
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40
Film.com Ernest Hardy
It's hollow, forced and false.
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40
Film.com Robert Horton
This is basically a movie about one neurotic woman and her neurotic L.A. life. .
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40
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
All the ingredients of a success--a stellar cast, a promising premise, a strong production team--but nothing comes together in satisfying fashion.
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40
Austin Chronicle Russell Smith
It's hard to imagine anyone ---coming away from Hanging Up with any sense of revelation, soul-enlargement, or even the simple pleasure of a compelling tale well told.
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38
USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
This is about Meg. Only about Meg. Meg in the Middle.
30
The New York Times Stephen Holden
A chilly machine-tooled comedy.
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25
San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Father-daughter relationship lacks impact.
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25
Portland Oregonian Diana Abu-Jaber
So drippy it really should be hung out to dry.
25
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Too screwy to be really funny.
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20
Washington Post Desson Thomson
Essentially an extended cutesy session.
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20
Newsweek David Ansen
Like people who compulsively giggle whenever they tell you bad news, the movie runs for cover in lame, comic shtick.
20
LA Weekly Ella Taylor
That we are supposed to find something to admire in this callow crew is insufferable.
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20
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Not particularly sensitive or funny comedy-drama.
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20
Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer
Doesn't work as comedy or drama or anything in between.
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20
Village Voice Amy Taubin
So hackneyed and so condescending to its potential audience (adult women) that even Lifetime might hesitate before running it.
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20
Variety Emanuel Levy
A shamelessly sappy family meller that bears the schmaltzy sensibility of Nora Ephron.
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0
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
There is not one honest moment, not ONE, in Hanging Up.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Marta gave it a 8:
I simply love this film!

S L gave it a 0:
Horrible Language. Very very bad.... not recommended.

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