Saving Silverman

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

I was laughing myself sick over Saving Silverman, a sublimely idiotic farce in the "There's Something About Mary" tradition.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Yes, it's stupid. But sometimes it's stupid with a capital S, and it's in those moments of transcendent idiocy that you can't help liking Saving Silverman. At least, a little bit.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

It's doubtful that the haste with which two actors of the same sex break away from a kiss in this comedy was in the script, but otherwise everybody stays in character, which is impressive given the manic range of some of the roles and the comic monotony of others.

LA Weekly Manohla Dargis

This is harmless stuff, and sometimes it's actually pretty funny, too.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A standard-issue numskull comedy that aims low but is high in energy.

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

It's basically a cheerful slob job, one of those slapped-together features so often embraced by teenagers with more disposable income than discernible taste.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

The film is a shapeless mess and about as convincing as a cartoon, the usual mix of slapstick, doofus humor and raunchy sex jokes lacking even the bite or attitude to make it adventurous.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Witless comedy.

Village Voice Edward Crouse

A sharp-dumb, jack- and goof-off affair.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Relentlessly dopey and vulgar.

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Black, who is creatively marooned in the thankless Chris Farley fat-boy role, deserve better, and so do we.

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

The movie drags down everyone involved, regardless of their apparent talent.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

The kind of comedy that takes the fun out of stupidity.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Screenwriters look to many sources for inspiration. In the case of Saving Silverman, they looked behind them, and liked what they saw.

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

Not just stupid, but brain dead.

Miami Herald Curtis Morgan

The timing is off, the gags lame, the twists predictable, the crudity rampant and unamusing.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

A grating experience from start to finish.

Film.com Sean Means

Chaotic, peurile, loaded with sniggering commentary and obsessed with breasts, Saving Silverman is like a 90-minute walk through a 13-year-old boy's head.

Variety Robert Koehler

Misbegotten, unimaginative buddy pic.

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Every movie Dugan releases looks like something made on accident--tosses yet another stink bomb into theaters for audiences to sniff over.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Let's accentuate the positive: Saving Silverman really stinks. No, really. It's bad. Awful.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Does occasionally rise out of the sewer of its self-imposed idiocy, ascending in brief moments from utter witlessness to half-witlessness, mostly thanks to the loose comic byplay between Mr. Black and Mr. Zahn.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

So bad in so many different ways that perhaps you should see it, as an example of the lowest slopes of the bell-shaped curve.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Just when the story reaches its idiotic nadir, Neil (Diamond) shows up to save the day with a song and a smile.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Peet is always worth watching, but the role does her no favors, and the script, involving a kidnapping and a surprise cameo by Neil Diamond - you heard me - smacks of desperation beyond saving.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Reaches toward new heights of comic laziness and succeeds beyond anyone's wildest expectations.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

In one rotten production -- all involved have managed to create the most unlikable, man hating, woman hating, unfunny idiots since ''Whipped'' ended up on worst movie lists last year.

San Francisco Chronicle Wesley Morris

The movie can barely muster the bravery to be even "Dude, Where's My Car" stoopid.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

One thing the makers of Saving Silverman do not have to worry about: Hannibal Lecter will never visit them to eat their brains. That is because they have no brains.