Management

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Management works as a sweet rom-com with some fairly big laughs.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Aniston and Zahn are sweet together - their respective characters have built up psychic armor to keep the outside world at bay, and each breaks down the other's in revealing ways.

Variety Joe Leydon

Picture benefits greatly from appealing performances by Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn, who deftly apply darker emotional shadings to their characters when necessary, and equally fine work from a small ensemble of solid supporting players.

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

Zahn is the single biggest reason why Management is a delightfully screwball romantic comedy and not a crazed-stalker film. And why it works. Like watching a puppy chase its own tail, it's a pleasure watching Mike try to win Sue over.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn? Who thought that would be a good match? So it's to everyone's ­credit that by the time the ­movie is over, you'll wonder why they were never paired together before.

Slate Dana Stevens

Management remains for the most part as endearing as its leads. Steve Zahn is a wonderful actor who's spent too long in the "hey, it's that guy" best-friend role.

USA Today Claudia Puig

It's a sweetly strange yet uneven comedy, with a charming lead performance by Steve Zahn offset by a lackluster one from Jennifer Aniston.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Mike may be a bumbling sad sack, but Mr. Zahn gives him just enough spunky appeal to lend this unlikely fly-by-afternoon coupling and its consequences a shred of credibility.

The Hollywood Reporter Peter Brunette

Ultimately delivers the goods, even if the goods aren't very fresh.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin

Like its protagonist, Management is dopey and impractical, but strangely winning all the same.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Playwright Stephen Belber (Match), in his directing debut, comes close to the sweet spot. He's not there yet. But he'll be worth watching next time.

Miami Herald Connie Ogle

It's pretty much a waste of everyone's time, especially yours.

LA Weekly Aaron Hillis

Each new superfluous Jennifer Aniston rom-com is already met with low expectations, but add some overcooked, middlebrow Indiewood quirk and you've got cinema's purest shade of beige.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

A standard-order romantic comedy with many of the expected twists and complications. It suffers from the flaw of not giving the lead characters enough time together.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

Management is ultimately undone by its own bland idiosyncrasies. It's nothing but a mismanaged opportunity.

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

A sentimental -- and modestly enjoyable -- fantasy of mutual need.

Los Angeles Times Betsy Sharkey

Though it doesn't always work, it's an idea with its heart in the right place and, paired with nonshock comedy, it's a nice change of pace.

Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall

This quirky indie romance is beguiling at first but later succumbs to artifice.

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

Padding disguised as a feature-length screenplay, adapted from Belber's one-act.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Painless and predictable, with an amusing if overwrought featured performance by Woody Harrelson.

TV Guide Josh Ralske

Sadly, Management is formulaic indie romantic comedy at its core.

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

Sometimes a movie thinks it's one thing (charming) when it's really something else (creepy). Such is the case with writer-director Stephen Belber's Management.

New York Post Kyle Smith

The film is a failure if it can't convince us that these two people belong together. It can't, and barely tries.

Boston Globe Ty Burr

Sometimes a cute-stalker movie can win the audience's heart. Management only makes you ponder the line between true love and a restraining order.

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

It's dull and crude and silly and without a lick of quality.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Isn't it time Steve Zahn grew up? Ever since the '90s, this walking quirk of an actor has pushed his dazed solipsistic zaniness (he's like Michael J. Fox’s hillbilly cousin), but he's 41 now, and it no longer looks cute on him.