| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"There's not much new here, but the engaging cast ...keeps the formula reasonably fresh." more... |
C+ |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...happy to forgo satire to settle for a bar mitzvah that actually matters..." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a fresh and lovable comedy..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...squanders a decent comic premise..." more... |
C- |
| E! Online |
"...the uneven humor, relying too heavily on stereotypes, leaves a distinctively sitcomy aftertaste." more... |
C |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"When people put forth the theory that movies now suck and television rules, they might be talking about movies like Keeping Up With the Steins..." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"A politely benign family comedy." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...a sitcom with enough big laughs and emotional truth to get audiences past awkward pacing and some slow spots." more... |
B- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...begins as a growling, razor-toothed satire of carnivorous consumption in Hollywood. But after the first half-hour, those growls subside into whimpers..." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...the affection that the director lavishes on his father is in complete harmony with a story of family rapprochement." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White |
"If the story is canned, the cast is worse." more... |
F |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...a satisfying, if predictable, experience." more... |
B- |
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