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Avg. Critic Score: 35 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
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    It's a screwball comedy. It's also, I have to say, a feel-good movie that made me smile a lot. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    A harmless, aimless, mildly funny and thoroughly predictable comic-romantic piffle. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    Ms. Bledel works her "Gilmore Girls" charm to the hilt, but no amount of cerulean-eyed sparkle can transcend this level of thudding mediocrity. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Dismayingly conservative dramedy. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety |

    As fiction characters go, Ryden seems as dull as they come, making it hard to muster much sympathy for her plight. Read full review

  • 40
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    An innocuous -- to the point of blandness -- look at the "hardships" of a recent college grad. Read full review

  • 40
    Washington Post |

    Boils down, in the end, to the age-old question: Career or life? That Post Grad draws a stark line between the two, and forces its heroine into an untenable decision, might be the most disappointing thing about a movie that never quite succeeds in capturing a generation adrift. Read full review

  • 38
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Post Grad is a collection of unfunny, insipid and predictable vignettes in search of a movie. Read full review

  • 30
    Los Angeles Times |

    A joyless fluffball about after-college job woes with a dispiriting message for smart young women. Read full review

  • 20
    Wall Street Journal |

    We are meant to think they are all delightfully and amusingly eccentric (characters). Actually, they're just creepy Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 13+ Gilmore Girl stars in upbeat, teen-friendly comedy.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this lighthearted Alexis Bledel comedy is on the milder side for a PG-13 -- expect some swearing (including a few "s--t"s and one "f--k") and some social drinking, making out, and discussion of an STD. But otherwise it's sweet, if formulaic. The story attempts to address some “serious” topics -- identity, the transition between college and “the real world” -- but it doesn’t get too deep. It has a feel-good message, though that message is ultimately a little muddled: Does the perfect boyfriend really trump real-life concerns like keeping a job you worked so hard to get?
  • Families can talk about the movie's final take-away. Which is ultimately more important to Ryden -- her job or "the guy"? Do you think she makes believable, relatable choices?
  • Are Ryden's expectations about post-grad life realistic? Had she managed her expectations, would she have undergone less of a shock?
  • Why are more college grads moving in with their families after school? Is it harder to live on your own given today's financial realities? Is Ryden's family a help or a hindrance to her?
The good stuff
  • message true3 Positive messages: The movie's main message seems to be that love and family come first. That's admirable, but the ending somewhat undermines the idea of why it's important to do what you love, too, sort of suggesting that finally getting together with the right guy trumps everything else.
  • rolemodels true4 Positive role models: Ryden may be a little unrealistic and overly ambitious, but she has a big heart and means to do the right thing most of the time. Everyone around her is generally quite kind, too; even her "frenemy" seems more misguided than anything else, though she does take swipes at Ryden when she can.
What to watch for
  • violence false1 Violence: A character runs over his neighbor’s cat, which, coincidentally, he despises. Some bickering.
  • sex false2 Sex: Some making out, but nothing too explicit. Some discussion of herpes.
  • language false3 Language: Swearing includes one "f--k," plus several uses of "s--t," as well as "ass," "crap," “son of a bitch," "damn," "goddamn," "hell," "oh God," and more.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false2 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Social drinking by characters who are of age.
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