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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 64Aided by subtly wounded performances by Daniels and Stone, and a surprisingly affecting comic turn from Reynolds, Paper Man makes up for many of its shortcomings with an abundance of heart.
- 50Wall Street JournalWall Street JournalQuirky. Wacky. Offbeat. Outré. The words that come to mind regarding Paper Man might prompt you run in the opposite direction. And perhaps you should, except for the performances of Jeff Daniels and Emma Stone.
- 40VarietyVarietyThe picture's biggest stumbling block is its superhero hook.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceAn artist-in-crisis piece run through a drab but quirk-conscious indie processor, Paper Man is everything a film like "Lost in Translation" fought not to be.
- 40Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondToo introverted and gimmicky for its own good.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOverly analytical, cutesy comedy-drama.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttPaper Man is a bad idea, and the film, despite a few brave and good performances, never recovers from awkwardness of its premise.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenWritten and directed by the husband-wife team of Kieran and Michele Mulroney, Paper Man is so unsure of itself that its symbolic edifice feels like a desperately erected defense system.
- Every time Kudrow exits the picture, imagining her fed-up character's life away from the twee therapeutic noodlings of Paper Man makes for its own time-killing retreat from dull indie-film reality.