| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...the results are mostly funny but surprisingly sad, too." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...captures certain essential, absurd truths about how movies are made these days:" more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"Levy has handled these types before, but nobody handles them better." more... |
B |
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz |
"The actors' confessionals to camera that usually pepper Guest's movies are gone here and sorely missed." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...a shoo-in to sweep every trophy available in the competitive category of best coif in this crazy business we call show." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"The spirit of comic bravado can still be felt underneath, but the film is undeniably flawed, almost fatally." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...outrageously hilarious..." more... |
A |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"Fred Willard does his most inspired work..." more... |
B |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"For Your Consideration is by far the broadest comedy Mr. Guest and company have made. Despite its merriment, it is also the flimsiest." more... |
B- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...often amusing but rarely uproarious, making this the softest of Guest's recent oeuvre." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...hilariously twisted..." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...becomes more effective as it gets more cutting." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...not hugely funny or satirically biting." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"The jokes are not at the comic level of A Mighty Wind or Best in Show." more... |
B- |
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