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Avg. Critic Score: 27 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 OK for kids 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    New York Post | Kyle Smith

    As for Grant, who hasn't been this sharp since "Love Actually" six years ago, he is once again the prime minister of cute comedy. Read full review

  • 70
    Dallas Observer | Robert Wilonsky

    It's a thoroughly delightful throwaway--the kind of movie for which cable television was made, from the maker of "Music & Lyrics" (Marc Lawrence), who knows his way 'round a snappy tune. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety |

    But the charm of the film is that it resists turning people into cliches and lets Parker and Grant work their particular magic -- before they get to Wyoming, their performances are as stressed out as their characters, and while it's a dubious conceit that going cowboy is a cure-all, they put the notion across as convincingly as possible. Read full review

  • 60
    Empire | Olly Richards

    Neither good nor bad. Scales dizzying new heights of okay. Aims for mediocrity... and nails it. Read full review

  • 50
    Miami Herald | Rene Rodriguez

    Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker are supposed to pass for a married couple, but they have all the chemistry of two actors who just met and shook hands moments before the cameras rolled. They don't even seem to like each other much. Read full review

  • 42
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    You should hear instead about Sam Elliott and Mary Steenburgen, who whip up cowboy fun as married U.S. marshals assigned to protect the pair in Wyoming. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    There are barely enough titter-worthy one-liners in Marc Lawrence's good-natured romantic comedy Did You Hear About the Morgans? to prevent it from sinking under the weight of its clichés. Read full review

  • 38
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Everything about this fish-out-of-water romp is tired. Read full review

  • 38
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    What possible reason was there for anyone to make Did You Hear About the Morgans? Or should I say "remake," because this movie has been made and over and over again, and oh, so much better. Read full review

  • 30
    Los Angeles Times | Betsy Sharkey

    Grant has never been less charming and Parker never less fashionable or more grating than they are as Paul and Meryl Morgan. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 13+ Fish-out-of-water romcom is teen-friendly but a real snooze.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this Hugh Grant/Sarah Jessica Parker romantic comedy is a classic fish-out-of-water tale that could appeal to romcom-loving teens, despite its bland story. There are a few kisses and references to sex, marriage, and infidelity. Strong language is surprisingly infrequent (one "s--t" and "bulls--t"), and most of the violence -- including minor gunviolence (and gun use in general, in the parts that take place in Wyoming), as well as some comical scenes involving bear spray -- is concentrated briefly at the beginning and the end of the movie. Expect a fair bit of product placement/promotion, including BlackBerry, Gillette, and more.
  • Families can talk about the movie's gun violence and hunting jokes. Is the gun use in the movie meant to be comical? Is it?
  • How are both New Yorkers and people from Wyoming portrayed? Is the characters' depiction realistic or stereotypical?
  • Why do you think the fish-out-of-water genre is so popular? What's funny about seeing people out of theircomfort zone?
The good stuff
  • message true2 Positive messages: Paul and Meryl learn to appreciate what Wyoming has to offer -- open sky, a slower pace, and friendly, unjaded people -- even though they're die-hard, snotty New Yorkers. The importance of fidelity and loyalty in marriage is another obvious theme.
  • rolemodels true1 Positive role models: Emma and Clay are positive role models for a loving and lasting -- albeit imperfect -- marriage. Paul and Meryl are at first very annoying, sterotypical New Yorkers (especially Meryl), but they eventually prove that small towns have something to offer even the most cynical, overly chatty city folks.
What to watch for
  • violence false2 Violence: Some gun violence, but nothing bloody. A man with a knife in his back plunges to his death, and a hit man tries to shoot a couple. The same hit man opens fire again in a crowded place. Most of the population of Ray, Wyo., is armed (legally, it's presumed) with guns, and a couple of scenes revolve around characters learning to shoot a rifle and then using it against the hit man. Comical violence includes the use of bear spray on a man -- twice.
  • sex false2 Sex: Paul and Meryl kiss a few times and cuddle (in their pajamas) in bed together. They also discuss Paul's adultery on several occasions. Secondary couples dance, flirt, and kiss as well, but nothing too risque.
  • language false2 Language: One "s--t" and "bulls--t" is the worst of it. Other mild insults/exclamations include "screw you," "hell, yeah," "idiot," "oh my God," and "stupid," as well as Britishisms like "bloody" and "bollocks."
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Several brands are featured fairly prominently: BlackBerry, Google, Gillette, Carhartt, Edge, Advil, and Hunt's ketchup. Also lots of New York-specific places and publications, like the Times, New York magazine, Nobu restaurant, Zabar's, etc.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false1 Drinking, drugs and smoking: An elderly man smokes cigarettes in his restaurant. Paul and Meryl have wine on their table at dinner.
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