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Roger Ebert, At the Movies: My problem was that I didn't care who killed Mona Dearly, or why. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: The cars are the funniest thing in the movie. And really, they're not all that funny. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: Drowning Mona runs out of ideas before its 95 minutes are up. Read more
Tom Sime, Dallas Morning News: Too bland to be repulsive. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Mona is a dreary crash of malapropisms and slapstick maimings wrapped very loosely around a murder mystery. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Drowning Mona takes a fresh and funny spin on the classic mystery plot in which someone is so universally loathed that practically everyone is a credible suspect. Read more
Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle: The film is monumentally minor -- you'll hardly remember you saw it a week later. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Too pleased with its own outrageousness. Read more
Ted Gideonse, Newsweek: Sitting in the theater watching this crap, it's impossible not to wonder why one bothered to go at all. Read more
Bob Thomas, Associated Press: Writer Peter Steinfeld and director Nick Gomez come through remarkably well. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Disappointingly tame (and often lame) comedy that consistently misses opportunities to do something clever or inventive. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: A backwoods slapstick that lacks the anarchy needed for true farce. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Drowning Mona is a funny comedy for about 90 seconds. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: [Gomez] extracts potent comedy from the material's more outrageous situations and displays a sure hand with his talented cast. Read more
Amy Taubin, Village Voice: Either they had something on [Nick Gomez] or he needed the money. Read more