GaybyMovie Reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    Slant Magazine |

    While Jonathan Lisecki is well in tune with his film's niche market, his knack for comedy, both visual and verbal, is universally hilarious. Read full review

  • 75
    New York Post | Sara Stewart

    Harris, a talented comic actress who looks more like a real person than a Hollywood facsimile of one, makes every scene she's in shine. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    Gayby doesn't break a lot of new ground in the rom-com or parenthood fields, but its agreeable balance of humor and sentiment makes it worth adopting. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Although it traffics freely in stereotypes and sitcom-style one-liners, Gayby is never less than likable. Read full review

  • 67
    The Playlist | Katie Walsh

    Gayby isn't groundbreaking, but it's a fun romp whose characters grow on you after spending some time with them. Read full review

  • 60
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    The baby angle is really just a hook on which to hang wry commentary about single life in the city, but Lisecki approaches his subject with obvious affection, and the game cast makes most of the sitcom-silly antics work. Read full review

  • 60
    Time Out New York | Eric Hynes

    The film develops into a sweet, surprisingly persuasive comedy about friends transitioning into family. Read full review

  • 50
    Village Voice | Melissa Anderson

    Making a kid "the old-fashioned way" becomes the plot engine for the second time this year - after Jennifer Westfeldt's "Friends With Kids" - in Gayby, a comedy that, much like the perfunctory p-in-the-v it depicts, gives about 30 seconds of pleasure before going limp. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Rachel Saltz

    Inoffensive and low-key, Gayby is too diffuse to have much pop when it comes to the topics at hand: love and friendship, and how unconventional modern permutations might help rewrite the script of romance. Read full review

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