| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Who knew Kevin Smith had a movie this terrible in him?" more... |
D- |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...Jersey Girl is eloquent and unapologetically cute." more... |
A- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a romantic comedy written and directed by a kinder, gentler Kevin Smith." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"Jersey Girl is an oddity, hard to dislike but impossible to buy." more... |
C+ |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"A bad movie can be boring, or annoying, or amusing. But this one, sheesh, this just hurts. more... |
D |
| E! Online |
"...the overearnest flick hardly makes up for Affleck's recent cinematic crimes." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"(Smith's) screenwriting skills...still need polish." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Entering the commercial mainstream, indie guy Kevin Smith loses his way." more... |
C |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"Schmaltz-a-rama." more... |
C |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...a movie so false and blatantly icky that it's the film equivalent of making goo-goo noises and chucking a baby under the chin for 103 minutes." more... |
F |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Jersey Girl is a lackluster melodrama with only a few inspired moments." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Affleck is modest and engaging, which keeps the movie out of Gigli territory. But it's close." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"His movie is strong in its details, and yet Smith gets all the big things wrong." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"For all of its good-natured guff, Jersey Girl chooses uncomplicated sentiment over the messy complications of real life." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"Smith is looking more and more like a developing major talent..." more... |
B- |
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