CRITICAL CONSENSUS

Annlee Ellingson - Boxoffice Magazine

Bill Pearis - Citysearch

Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com

Ty Burr - Boston Globe

Bruce Newman - San Jose Mercury News

Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

Steven Rea - Philadelphia Inquirer

John Anderson - Newsday

Allison Benedikt - Chicago Tribune

Lou Lumenick - NY Post

Sean Axmaker - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Frank Scheck - Hollywood Reporter

Elvis Mitchell - NY Times

Ruthe Stein - SF Chronicle

Moira Macdonald - Seattle Times

DUELING CRITICS

"Downright enjoyable...Very funny and charming, owing as much to star Shia LaBeouf as Erica Beeney's quippy script...LaBeouf demonstrates a clever wit and an appealing poignancy in his performance"

- Annlee Ellingson

"The Shaker Heights screenplay, full of odd non sequiturs and circular conversations, seems almost completely random...Scenes feel choppy and unresolved, despite a feel-good ending; and there's just no reason to care about any of it"

- Moira Macdonald