56
Metascore
27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA smart, subtle and seriously funny dramedy bound to find favor with sophisticated auds.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyHunt's movie-directing debut frequently crackles with nice gags.
- 75TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThis is Hunt's show, and she delivers a strong performance that captures all the seriousness and absurdity of the avalanche of circumstances that comes crashing down on April's head. To say she's only half the director she is an actress is actually paying her quite a complement.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterWith subtle laughs but solid emotional thrust, it will play very well with older audiences.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceIn short, it's the kind of film that only a mother, which is to say my mother, would love.
- 50The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinWith Midler missing in action much of the time, the film drowns in a sea of thudding earnestness.
- 50NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenThere's a quirky, honest movie struggling to emerge from Then She Found Me (April's Jewish heritage is refreshingly portrayed, and there are lovely, scattered moments when the characters surprise you), but Hunt, in her directorial debut, can't seem to decide whether she'd rather make a spicy ethnic dish or bland comfort food.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis is the sort of movie that gives "chick flicks" a bad name. It's a cross between inept melodrama and a bad sit-com.
- 30Film ThreatFilm ThreatOverall, the film is lost and never found. In her first shot as director, Hunt seems direction-less.
- 30Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternA bizarre, overcooked broth that combines a broad sitcom style (the banter goes rat-tat-tat like a steam drill) with a preposterous succession of plot complications, plus solemn questions of identity, adoption and the nature of happiness.