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Susan Stark, Detroit News: By midpoint in the movie, you feel somewhat left out of the central joke. You feel as if the characters are in on the fun of the payoff, but not the audience. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Down to Earth feels like a movie placed in a cage by studio suits, the better for draining all daring and creativity. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Bland and unfunny. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Mildly amusing. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Dead in the water. Read more
Matthew Feeney, Slate: The makers of Down to Earth were faced with a dilemma nobody would have anticipated: Boosting their star's screen time kills the comedy. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Rock rocks. His movie doesn't. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A feeble effort that feels interminable even at a lean 86 minutes. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: As funny as he is on a concert stage, and as smart as his humor sometimes was on his recently ended HBO show, the man can't act. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: When Rock finds his authentic swing as an actor as well as a comedian, he'll be, like, a movie god. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: This medium-octane farce is neither as uproarious as its star and set-up promise nor as inept as every other studio picture released in recent weeks. Read more
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Doesn't feel fat or padded, like so many contemporary comedies, and its very leanness is appealing. Read more
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: Heaven can wait and so can the audience for the new Chris Rock comedy ever to catch fire. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: A pretty sloppy comedy with a very light sprinkling of laughs or even chuckles. Read more
Caleb Crain, Village Voice: Almost every minute of Down to Earth is entertaining. But not quite surprising. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: It's pretty consistently funny, if far generations removed from anything original. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: For a comedy, there are precious few real laughs. Read more