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Loren King, Boston Globe: The script boasts some tart TV-insider humor, but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: For all its calculated cruelties, Death to Smoochy never gets as down and dirty. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: The cinematic equivalent of being poked in the ribs with a fork for two hours, this relentlessly irritating comedy redefines the term 'over the top' -- and we don't mean that as a compliment. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: I'm sure that some country, maybe France or something, will hail this as a work of genius, because it is so incredibly awful. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: There's so much that's just right in Danny DeVito's dark, behind-the-scenes satire of children's television that it's frustrating -- and a bit puzzling -- that the film doesn't quite work overall. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Death to Smoochy has the makings of a sharp, stinging satire ... [b]ut the finished movie trades wicked wit for abrasiveness. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: A dark comedy that blows up like an exploding cigar, leaving nothing much behind but smoke, noise and a bad taste. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: There are a few laughs, but I'm not sure that a comedy is supposed to make you recoil, which is what Smoochy does. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: The cynicism is colossal, the casting superb: Norton may be the only actor alive who could pull off a character like Sherman, without making him either an idiot or a parody. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Death to Smoochy has appealing manic energy, especially in its performances, but it's too cumbersome for its send-'em-home-happy ending to seem well-deserved. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: This is the kind of stinker that emerges every so often from Hollywood when major 'talent' -- Danny DeVito and Robin Williams, in this case -- get it into their heads that something disastrously unfunny is hilarious. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Death to Smoochy tells a moldy-oldie, not-nearly -as-nasty -as-it- thinks-it-is joke. Over and over again. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The comedy Death to Smoochy is a rancorous curiosity: a movie without an apparent audience. Read more
John Powers, L.A. Weekly: A broad, braying yuk fest that revels in coarse jokes ... lacks the courage of its own cynicism ... and refuses to develop its own premise. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Like a can of 2-day old Coke. You can taste it, but there's no fizz. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: In all the annals of the movies, few films have been this odd, inexplicable and unpleasant. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Death to Smoochy is all noise with very little fun, and almost no restraint. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: In Death to Smoochy, we don't get Williams' usual tear and a smile, just sneers and bile, and the spectacle is nothing short of refreshing. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: An annoying, strident misfire. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: The premise is silly enough to wring out some laughs, but the plot plays out disappointingly. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Death to Smoochy is often very funny, but what's even more remarkable is the integrity of DeVito's misanthropic vision. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: A blacker than black comedy. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: This is a particularly toxic little bonbon, palatable to only a chosen and very jaundiced few. Read more