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Metascore®44 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

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

  • 63
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    The Answer Man is a passable way to kill two hours on a lazy summer afternoon, and perhaps an excuse to get out of the heat. Read full review

  • 50
    Village Voice | Ella Taylor

    Hindman is a stand-up comedian with many Turgenev-size issues on his mind--inadequate fathers and troubled sons, overprotective mothers, the search for belief--whose weight this slight picture can hardly bear. But the laid-back charm of Daniels and Graham's bumpy courtship gives the movie a much-needed edge of idiosyncrasy. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Never shows enough passion to be interestingly bad. Read full review

  • 50
    Wall Street Journal | Joanne Kaufman

    Its crackly sarcasm and smart talk turn out to be simply coating for a soft, icky, center. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Dull, dreary Answer Man raises this question: Why? Read full review

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    How much more interesting is a film like "(500) Days of Summer," which is about the complexities of life, in comparison with this one, which cheerfully cycles through the cliches. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Daniels plays Arlen with a kind of cuddly crankiness; he makes him a jerk who just needs a hug. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Glenn Whipp

    Conveniently, everyone wears their symptoms on their sleeves, but because the characters are so haphazardly drawn, their pain remains elusive to the end. Read full review

  • 42
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan Rabin

    Unoriginality is the greatest and most flagrant of its many sins. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Justin Chang

    Jeff Daniels' gleeful misanthropy and Lauren Graham's emotional openness are poorly served by the pic's transparently phony story and therapeutic uplift Read full review

Avg. Fan Rating:
Average Rating = 2.9 out of 5

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