| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Why Fonda chose this embarrassing project for her first film in 15 years is, as they say, a puzzlement." more... |
D+ |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...mediocre..." more... |
C+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"I hated it above all because it wasted an opportunity." more... |
D |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...Fonda makes a stunning comeback of sorts, winning us over even though her vehicle is so shaky it seems constantly ready to collapse under her." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"We liked this better when it was called Meet the Parents and had that peeing cat." more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...tripe on a plate." more... |
C- |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"As for Lopez, she once again benefits from sharing the spotlight with an equally sharp adversary." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Witless, single-gag comedy..." more... |
D- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...a triumphant comeback for Fonda..." more... |
B- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"Monster-in-Law...is a shrunken, cowardly movie in deep denial of its true nature, which is far uglier than it is ever willing to admit." more... |
D |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...a motion picture that takes a situation ripe for the blackest vein of satire and reduces it to a puerile and edgeless pile of goo." more... |
D+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"It's a hoot to watch Fonda cut loose and mix it up with J. Lo..." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...often very funny, as well as being a really shrewd bit of popular entertainment." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...incorrigibly unfunny..." more... |
D |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Lopez and Michael Vartan, who plays her fiancée, make a great-looking pair. Too bad they don't exhibit one iota of chemistry." more... |
C- |
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