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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanOlsen, moody and apple-cheeked and intellectually avid, proves a true star: She turns being wiser than her years into an authentic generational state.
- 63Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundSlant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundLiberal Arts provides a peek into what makes Josh Radnor tick, and what he cares about outside his mainstream-targeted sitcom.
- 63Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversRadnor and Olsen are so funny and touching you want to say happythankyoumoreplease. What you get is frustratingly less. Still, to the movie's refreshingly uncynical credit, you feel for them.
- A coming-of-middle-age comedy running on somewhat less than a full tank, Liberal Arts possesses enough comedic moments to approach crowd-pleasing status.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThere's too much going on here - of a winning, thoughtful nature - to dismiss Josh Radnor's back-to-college romance as the nostalgia bath it mainly is.
- 50VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerThis makes the film feel perilously close to widescreen sitcom, as do montages of New York set to Beethoven's Sixth Symphony.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceStill, in the central relationship, the writer-director shows an understanding of human interaction that marks his second feature as a quantum leap beyond his stilted debut, "Happythankyoumoreplease."
- 42The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinLiberal Arts has the tony look and feel of a vintage Woody Allen movie, but the sophistication is all surface-level. Radnor will never ascend to Allen's rarified realm, but judging by his forgettable first two features, he could give Ed Burns competition.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierLiberal Arts is at its most nauseating when we hear Jesse and Zibby read their oh-so-self-aware love letters.