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starstarstar Kevin Thomas - LA Times
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstar Nell Minow - MovieMom.com
starstarstar Steven Rea - Philadelphia Inquirer
star Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
star Jay Carr - Boston Globe
star A.O. Scott - NY Times
star Sean Means - Film.com
star Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
Wesley Morris - SF Examiner
Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
Desson Howe - Washington Post

[O]ffers the kind of unpretentious entertainment that only this sort of dumb comedy can aim for. And, because the humor works more often than not, the protagonists are affable

- James Berardinelli

Let's accentuate the positive: Saving Silverman really stinks. No, really. It's bad. Awful.

 - Desson Howe

Saving Silverman

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The bond among three longtime, inseparable friends (Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black) loosens when one of them falls in love with a selfish woman (Amanda Peet); the other two make her pay for stealing their pal. R. Lee Ermey, Amanda Detmer, Neil Diamond. Director: Dennis Dugan (2001, R)

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