| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend |
"Even Pepe Le Pew would turn up his nose at this stinker." more... |
D |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...dreadful." more... |
D+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The inescapable fact about The Man is that this movie is completely unnecessary." more... |
C- |
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder |
"Too long in the sidekick role, veteran Levy deserves more, and Jackson should know better." more... |
C |
| E! Online |
"Did Samuel L. Jackson have to reroof his house or something? Why else would he breeze through this piece of junk?" more... |
F |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"Most of The Man is as awful as last year's Jimmy Fallon-Queen Latifah debacle, Taxi..." more... |
D+ |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...insanely stupid but sporadically funny..." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Who knew Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy would make such a dynamic comic duo?" more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...lame..." more... |
C- |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...while nothing in the movie - least of all the two main performances - is especially fresh or original, it does have a few decent gags and amusing moments." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"The Man isn't great entertainment, but it contains enough laughter-provoking material to make it worth a look..." more... |
C+ |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...a comedy that's not funny, with action that's not thrilling..." more... |
D+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...the unlikely pairing clicks on film..." more... |
B- |
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