I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

Entertainment Weekly Gregory Kirschling

A wry movie that, packed with his well-known friends and scored intermittently to bouncy accordion music, plays like a softer episode of "Curb."

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Garlin's movie is beautiful in its own way. It also suggests that David's show would still be brilliant without the aggravation. I'm not saying that David should renounce misanthropy. But maybe he could curb less of Garlin's apparent enthusiasm for people.

Chicago Tribune Sid Smith

If you’re a Chicagoan, if you have just a smidgen of interest in the city’s arts scene and if you’ve been around a while, there’s no way to be objective about I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

It is a minor movie, but a big-time minor movie...If there is such a thing as a must-see three-star movie, here it is.

Village Voice Ella Taylor

May be one of the wisest studies of urban loneliness since Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty."

The New York Times Matt Zoller Seitz

Laid back and affectionate, “Cheese” is the movie version of a dear friend you could spend all day with.

Slate Dana Stevens

Feels more like a series of skits than a movie, though it does tie up several plot threads in a lyrical last scene worthy of vintage Woody Allen.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray

Unassuming and sweet-natured, and Garlin earns a lot of goodwill with his off-the-cuff wisecracks.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

The film is visually bland and hits a few comic dead ends, but there's an element of pathos that allows us to believe in the plight of the fictional James.

Miami Herald Marta Barber

Cheese is written with plenty of sophisticated wit, but it is not quite convincing as a movie.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Slight but charming.

TV Guide Ken Fox

None of it really adds up to much but it's smart, low-key fun -- terrible title and dangling preposition notwithstanding.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Garlin, like Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine in "Marty," is good company, even when his out-of-control eating and self-loathing threaten to overwhelm him.

Washington Post John Maynard

The entire film carries a whiff of "vanity project," with several of Garlin's comedic buddies reporting for duty.

Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

James and Beth have fun in a grocery store pretending to be different characters meeting in the aisles. As they learn, sometimes the moment works, sometimes it doesn't. The same can be said for this unfailingly modest film.

Variety Ronnie Scheib

Never completely takes off, yet somewhat overestimates the surrounding zaniness. Still, any opportunity to witness the improvisatory skills of Sarah Silverman, Bonnie Hunt and Amy Sedaris should not be missed.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

The story ultimately lands in incoherence; but the cameos and local details, and even some of the gags, keep it perky.

San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson

Garlin's directing has little pacing, and many of the borderline gags could have been salvaged with some sharper editing. And there's a shocking amount of jokes and situations that just don't work.