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Seeing Other People

EMAILPRINTLantern Lane Entertainment Ltd.

Seeing Other People reviews
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8.0 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 16 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Romance

Written by: Maya Forbes
Wallace Wolodarsky

Directed by: Wallace Wolodarsky

Release Date:
Theatrical: May 7, 2004
DVD: August 17, 2004

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for strong sexual content, language and some drug material

Starring Jay Mohr, Julianne Nicholson, Lauren Graham, Bryan Cranston, Josh Charles, Andy Richter, Matthew Davis, Jill Ritchie, and Helen Slater

Just months before their wedding, a couple agrees to see other people.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

80

Film Threat D. W. Smith

Another astute independent comedy shot on a small budget and boasting high laugh-per-minute ratio. But these are good laughs, not your average sitcom laughs.

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75

Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder

Whatever the film lacks in presentation, it makes up for in laughs and ensemble performances that sing.

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70

Village Voice Joshua Land

While lacking a knockout scene, the script is full of solid laughs punctuated with pangs of emotional insight.

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70

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

What results ultimately plays like a feature-length episode of an HBO comedy series like Sex and the City -- gratuitous nudity and all.

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70

TV Guide Ken Fox

It's not only sexy, clever and well-acted by a fine cast of mostly TV actors, but it's also a grown-up comedyabout honest-to-God grown ups.

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70

Variety Robert Koehler

While lacking originality, pic is a case of cogent moviemaking that really knows its business. Traces of early Steven Soderbergh and recent Larry David enhance one of the most satisfying comedies in a fallow season.

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63

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

It isn't a successful movie but is sometimes a very interesting one, and there is real charm and comic agility by the two leads.

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60

The New York Times Stephen Holden

There is enough discomfort on display to reinforce the cynical adage that sex is God's joke.

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50

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Along with the performances, there is a languid truthfulness in some of the dialogue that keeps Seeing Other People from being one of those completely forgettable indie romances that play in perpetuity on cable.

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50

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

Eventually finds its rhythm with late flashes of dark humor and bedroom hijinks, but it takes too much time to get there.

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50

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

More witty than laugh-out-loud funny.

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40

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

A crass, clumsily constructed romantic comedy.

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40

The New Republic Stanley Kauffmann

The progress of the film is so mechanical that we can only wait for the finish, knowing far ahead of time what it will be.

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40

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

Begins as a refreshingly subversive departure from the Hollywood studios' cookie-cutter romances, but the thin script can't sustain that initial charge, and it soon flattens out, like a punctured comic balloon.

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38

New York Post Megan Lehmann

What is astonishing is that husband-and-wife writers Wally Wolodarsky (who also directed) and Maya Forbes, with combined credits that include "The Simpsons" and "The Larry Sanders Show," could churn out something this nasty and ludicrous.

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25

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Attempts a coolness quotient it can't pull off.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Samantha M. gave it a 7:
Witty, true, and poignant. A nice surprise. A fun, sexy date movie (especially for committed couples). Well-developed characters.

Maggie P. gave it a 9:
Very, VERY funny. very.

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