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Avg. Critic Score: 52 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 OK for kids 13+
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  • 75
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    Director Wayne Wang and his screenwriters sometimes ape ''Pretty Woman." But Latifah's obvious forebear is Pearl Bailey, who was just as regal and straight-up. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A movie that takes advantage of the great good nature and warmth of Queen Latifah, and uses it to transform a creaky old formula into a comedy that is just plain lovable. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The movie clichs are bearable mainly because the cast rises above the formulaic material. There are also some bona fide laughs to be had once the setting switches to a luxurious resort in the Czech Republic. Read full review

  • 60
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    The movie is content to be a kind of middling expression of human decency: It's never either terribly funny or terribly dramatic, but Latifah's quiet solidity and common sense root it in ways that larger, louder pictures never achieve. Read full review

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    Queen Latifah finally gets a vehicle that gives her formidable talents and expansive spirit plenty of blooming room. Read full review

  • 50
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    Once again, Queen Latifah survives some remarkably clumsy filmmaking. More than survives; she manages to prevail. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    A chaste and tepid remake of a 1950 British comedy. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe Stein

    This harmless bit of fluff lacks the element of surprise but is not without random charming moments supplied by its incandescent star. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Most successful when it is engaging, not uproarious. Glossy amusement is an updated remake of a well-regarded 1950 Brit comedy-drama starring Alec Guinness, improbably retrofitted as a star vehicle for Queen Latifah. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    As witless as it is formulaic. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 13+ Formulaic but sometimes winning comedy.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this film includes comedic references to a terminal illness and some nonexplicit but perhaps mildly worrisome scenes of medical examination (loud machines, doctor's bad news, lack of health insurance). Characters allude to sexual desire and appearances (references to "going down," "ass," "booty," and breasts; soundtrack songs include "Let's Get It On"); women wear swimsuits, towels, and cleavage-revealing clothing; some brief kissing. A couple of characters smoke (cigar and cigarette) and multiple characters drink, one to the point of despairing intoxication, whereupon he sits on a building ledge while others worry he will jump. Characters are deceitful and selfish. Sports activities (snowboarding, base jumping) involve some antic violence. Some profanity.
  • Families can talk about Georgia's decision to pursue her dreams -- only after she believes she is about to die. How does she "teach" others who are focused on material success, greed, and reputations to reconsider priorities?
The good stuff
  • message true3 Positive messages: Lessons learned: greedy executives and politicians learn to be "better people" by listening to big-hearted Georgia.
What to watch for
  • violence false0 Violence: Some winter sports result in crashes and bumps.
  • sex false3 Sex: Breif, mostly comic references to sexual activity ("going down"), desire, and body parts ("booty," "ass"), some kissing, some bodies barely exposed in massage and sauna scenes.
  • language false3 Language: One use of "motherf---," "damn," "hell," "ass."
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Emeril on TV and in cameo, Lean Cusine, Travelocity.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking with dinners, and on New Year's Eve, one character becomes drunk and depressed; minor smoking by background characters.
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