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

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Nearly every actor has his or her moments of hilarity, but it's the surprises, like Herzog's terrific turn as a bunny-loving sadist, that make the biggest impact. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    What The Grand lacks in originality it more than makes up for with its high percentage of funny moments. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The Grand is in the grand tradition of Christopher Guest "mockumentary" comedy satires: Its greatest asset is its eclectic, quirky-funny cast. Read full review

  • 60
    Washington Post |

    Wildly uneven but often quite funny, The Grand allows its actors to act out, get the "E!" out of their systems and give the Christopher Guest treatment to professional gambling without Christopher Guest, with whom it would have been funnier and a lot more acerbic. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    Safer, more conventional and closer to broad TV sketch humor than Christopher Guest's comedies of manners, The Grand never quite recoups in laughs what it loses in spontaneity. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    The actors certainly look as if they're having a good time, and if you're in the right mood, you might too. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Each of these improv farceurs wins a few laughs. But not enough. Read full review

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    A defective poker comedy where the poker is a lot more interesting than the people playing it. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times | Jan Stuart

    Lacks any sort of urgency or inner propulsion; the actors do their little goofs, then hand them off to the next, lending the jest the frolicking but ultimately monotonous quality of a game of tag. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Walter Addiego

    The performers don't really seem at the top of their game here. Read full review

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