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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPossibly the best movie that could be made about Toby Young that isn't rated NC-17.
- 60EmpireEmpireNot as smart or as satirical as you might hope, but an enjoyable and often funny look at a mad, mad, mad, mad world.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumBest in show is the divine Gillian Anderson as a powerful celebrity publicist, editing the image of her clients in much the same way this adaptation tames Young's much pricklier book.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteSeattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteThe result is an initially hilarious picture that grows perplexingly trite as screenwriter Peter Straughan transforms Young's sly observations into assembly-line pap.
- 50USA TodayUSA TodayGets muddled in slapstick and crude humor.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenSimon Pegg is likably smart and obnoxious as the fish-out-of-water Brit in high-gloss Manhattan, but he's swimming upstream in a feature that substitutes slapstick for scathing wit.
- 38Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaAn embarassingly unfunny, stumblebum adaptation of Toby Young's memoir.
- 30VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyCleverly titled but noxious British comedy.
- 25The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinPeople's title proves prophetic, only this time the people being alienated are the suckers in the paying audience.
- 10Village VoiceVillage VoiceWeide's big-screen version is sitcom-drab.