| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...when a movie about a guy who orders a sex doll off the Internet can turn vice into virtue, something miraculous has occurred." more... |
A- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Its weapon is absolute sincerity." more... |
A- |
E! Online
Chris Farnsworth |
"...pretty touching and kindhearted...for a movie about a guy in love with a sex doll." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...even (Gosling's) mad skills at embodying misfit masculinity can't sustain the plastic premise." more... |
C |
filmcritic.com
Jason Morgan |
"Perhaps it's the absurdity of the situation, but we are never able to connect with any of the characters." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore |
"Unexpectedly tender dramedy is far more family-friendly than it sounds." more... |
B+ |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"...the sweetest, most innocent, most completely enjoyable film around." more... |
A |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...an offbeat comedy that plays as if Preston Sturges came back to life and collaborated with the Coen Brothers on an updated version of the Jimmy Stewart film Harvey." more... |
B |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent pure calculation..." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...an example of how even the most ridiculous premise can be used to construct a smart, touching motion picture." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...a gentle comedy, offbeat but never cute..." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"All the warmth and acceptance of the concerned community helps distract from the rather creaky psychiatry and simple story underneath it all." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...an original, amusing and heartfelt tale..." more... |
A- |
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