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Did You Hear About the Morgans?

2009

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critics

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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Ratings

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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS?

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: December 18, 2009 | PG-13

Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Hugh Grant, Sam Elliott, Sarah Jessica Parker

Summary: The comedy Did You Hear About the Morgans? follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan, whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of aThe comedy Did You Hear About the Morgans? follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan, whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer. The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk away the Morgans from their beloved New York to a tiny town in Wyoming, and a relationship that was on the rocks threatens to end completely in the Rockies... unless, in their new BlackBerry-free lives, the Morgans can slow down the pace and rekindle the passion. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

Director: Marc Lawrence

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 103 min

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75

New York Post

Kyle Smith

As for Grant, who hasn't been this sharp since "Love Actually" six years ago, he is once again the prime minister of cute comedy. Read full review

60

Empire

Olly Richards

Neither good nor bad. Scales dizzying new heights of okay. Aims for mediocrity... and nails it. Read full review

42

Entertainment Weekly

Lisa Schwarzbaum

You should hear instead about Sam Elliott and Mary Steenburgen, who whip up cowboy fun as married U.S. marshals assigned to protect the pair in Wyoming. Read full review

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USA Today

Claudia Puig

Everything about this fish-out-of-water romp is tired. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Betsy Sharkey

Grant has never been less charming and Parker never less fashionable or more grating than they are as Paul and Meryl Morgan. Read full review

25

San Francisco Chronicle

Mick LaSalle

Sometimes it's unpleasant, sometimes it's insincere, and for long stretches it's boring. Read full review

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Salon

Mary Elizabeth Williams

"Morgans" does bear the distinction of boasting the sourest cast ever assembled outside of a Lars Von Trier production. Read full review

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worleyjamers

Feb 24, 2013

This film received horrible reviews when it came out; both critics and viewers ripped it apart. It's not the best movie I've ever seen. In fact, it's as average as average gets. However, I enjoy this movie a lot. I've seen it multiple times and I never wished I were watching something else.This film received horrible reviews when it came out; both critics and viewers ripped it apart. It's not the best movie I've ever seen. In fact, it's as average as average gets. However, I enjoy this movie a lot. I've seen it multiple times and I never wished I were watching something else. I was entertained.… Expand

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Tss5078

Dec 12, 2013

...if you didn't consider yourself lucky! In this film, Hugh Grant is paired with Sarah Jessica Parker in perhaps the worst pairing since Vanilla Ice and Naomi Campbell in Cool As Ice. They play a fashionably separated, New York City power couple, who are forced into witness protection after...if you didn't consider yourself lucky! In this film, Hugh Grant is paired with Sarah Jessica Parker in perhaps the worst pairing since Vanilla Ice and Naomi Campbell in Cool As Ice. They play a fashionably separated, New York City power couple, who are forced into witness protection after witnessing a murder. These two city folks are put in the care of an elderly U.S. Marshall and his wife, in the middle of nowhere Montana. Let the fun times begin! Didn't Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley do this a decade earlier in Amish country? At least For Richer or Poorer could get a few cheap laughs here and there, but not the Morgans. The Morgans have no chemistry what-so-ever and their film is painfully slow and predictable. Hugh Grant is usually funny, but in this film, every attempt at humor is snuffed out by Sarah Jessica Parker, who has no idea what she's doing. Parker is just one of these people who was lucky enough to find her perfect role and she was amazing in it, but everything I've seen her in since Sex & The City has been awful! Did You Hear About The Morgans has been done, more than once, and if you watch this movie and can't tell what's going to happen, twenty minutes a head of time, then you haven't seen too many movies. This has got to be one of the biggest waste of money in recent Hollywood history and if you decide to watch it, then you're dumber than the casting director who thought pairing Grant and Parker was a good idea.… Expand

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Tony

Oct 12, 2010

Nearly unwatchable. Everything about this is contrived, generic, and unfunny. I'm a fan of both actors, but neither is given anything to work with here. I rarely stop watching a movie before it ends, and this certainly tested my limits. An all-around disaster.

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Vorlargen

Mar 14, 2012

Poorly written, poorly acted, poorly directed piece of contrived, predictable and cliched **** How to these films get funding? I also never cease to wonder how so many Hollywood films have such poor plot and script development. It is the scourge of the film making industry. Take my advice,Poorly written, poorly acted, poorly directed piece of contrived, predictable and cliched **** How to these films get funding? I also never cease to wonder how so many Hollywood films have such poor plot and script development. It is the scourge of the film making industry. Take my advice, stop putting all your money into special effects and spend a little on plot and script development. Whilst this film doesn't have any special effects it's clearly a victim of the habit. This dog of a movie is not helped when the leads are out acted by the support cast (Sam Elliot, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Moss) who made reasonable fists of their crappy lines. Don't even waste time renting it, wait until it comes on TV, and then don't bother.… Expand

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