| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"...enjoyable and often quite funny." more... |
B- |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...a pretty sloppy affair, but it has just enough big laughs to put it over..." more... |
C+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...sweet and pretty funny..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder |
"...marginally effective, starkly unoriginal family comedy." more... |
C+ |
| E! Online |
"Kicking & Screaming is the sound of Will Ferrell on autopilot." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...Ferrell doesn't just save this junk -- he rules it." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...Ferrell's most accessible comedy." more... |
B+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...the picture delivers the entirely pleasant if somewhat recycled goods." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...almost successful..." more... |
C+ |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...a so-so family sports comedy..." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Sit in a room by yourself, look at a blank screen for 90 minutes, and you'll have more of a chance of laughing at your own thoughts than you will at this movie." more... |
D |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"The script is weak and predictable..." more... |
C |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"The lines must be funny, too, and not one in Kicking & Screaming comes close." more... |
D |
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