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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSharp-edged, perfectly timed, funny and thoughtful.
- 80L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyL.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyIt's a sweet chamber piece, beautifully played.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldThe most totally appealing and seemingly heartfelt performance of (DeVito's) career.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittGood acting and pungent dialogue.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSan Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamThe dialogue is loaded with depth charges that take a while to explode beneath the surface.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe dialogue often sounds like arch Mamet, and John Swanbeck's direction is as spare as the hotel-room decor.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaDoesn't have the dramatic heft to warrant all its angst and anguish.
- 60TNT RoughCutJ. RentillyTNT RoughCutJ. RentillyThe Big Kahuna -- for its superb performances -- wants to be too much, but is about too little, working better as a series of fine monologues than as a cohesive story, the film's makers trapped somewhere between potential and reality, deal unclosed.
- 58Portland OregonianPortland OregonianPeter Facinelli, as Bob, isn't up to verbal sparring with Kevin Spacey just yet.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovFeels more like Barry Levinson's "Tin Men" on Prozac.