Chicago Sun-Times
Jim Emerson |
6 |
...aggressively pushes its whimsicality to the point where it feels less whimsical than just aggressive. |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
6 |
Kline is great fun throughout. The film scrambles to keep up with him. |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
4 |
...the inherent perversities of these characters never resonates past the humor of the given situation: As amusing as it is to watch Kevin Kline give a lesson on how to piss in public without anyone being the wiser, it serves little purpose past being funny and adds little dimension to two complex characters. |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
3 |
...a plotless, laughless, zero-impact comedy... |
Slant Magazine
Lauren Wissot |
4 |
...fancies itself much more interesting than it is. And screenwriter Ames seems to aspire to be that successful oddball he is most decidedly not: Charlie Kaufman. |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
5 |
...maddeningly uneven... |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
5 |
What feels enjoyably outré in the 1998 coming-of-age novel by Jonathan Ames (creator of HBO's Bored to Death) feels oppressively outré in this deadened, literal adaptation. |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
5 |
For all its flighty charms, The Extra Man never really lands. It hovers like a hummingbird madly beating its wings to stay aloft. |
Village Voice
Melissa Anderson |
7 |
...going below the surface, the filmmakers and the cast (including a marvelous performance by Marian Seldes as an osteoporotic doyenne) successfully create the hardest characters to pull off: exotic yet recognizable New Yorkers. |
Onion AV Club
Noel Murray |
6 |
...trivial, yet oddly ingratiating, largely because of its fascination with distinct breeds of New Yorker. |
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer |
7 |
The directing team of Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman (American Splendor), collaborating with Jonathan Ames on the adapation of his novel, overplay a rather weak hand, but there are fine, wry moments tucked inside the curdled whimsy. |
Variety
Todd McCarthy |
8 |
...a highly entertaining character comedy exemplified by the same virtues the titular leading man ascribes to himself -- wit, intelligence and joie de vivre. |
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