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Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine: I can't think of a better onscreen depiction of the feeling of being forsaken and forgotten by the ultimate clique - parents - than the one in writer/director Jennifer Westfeldt's bright, quick-witted Friends with Kids. Read more
Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: ...the film takes a tonal detour, veering from indie-inflected city comedy with Woody Allen undertones to something reminiscent of the work of Nicole Holofcener. Read more
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: In the crumbling passion of a once hot-to-trot couple (a perfect Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm), [it] locates a jagged heart that no amount of zingers can surpass. Read more
David Fear, Time Out: The movie's multitasking creator seems to have bitten off more then she can chew. Her friends should have advised "baby steps." Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: Westfeldt, now 42, belongs to a generation (and class) of people for whom nothing about having kids is easy. Her intensity feels just right -- better than in any film I've seen in years -- for How We Breed Now. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: It's shrill in tone, awash in unexamined narcissism-kids are just pretexts for laughs, rather than objects of love-and afflicted by explosive verbal diarrhea. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: It offers the rare combination of romance, humor, an inventive conceit and social relevance, without adhering slavishly to rom-com conventions. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: At its warm heart, "Friends with Kids" is a funny, grown-up love story (very grown-up; the language in the final scene will raise some eyebrows) about people we enjoy hanging out with, and who seem like people we already know. Read more
Tasha Robinson, AV Club: Westfeldt has a tendency to go over the top, and Friends With Kids in particular has a shrill, smug edge that kills the comedy and the drama alike. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: At least Westfeldt is trying. She tries hard to make this a grown-up version of the romantic-comedy formula, complete with dirty jokes and sex talk. Read more
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: Westfeldt takes a topic full of complex emotional shadings and turns it into something that is, for the most part, reductive, cliched and even sitcommy. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This movie swerves from fantasy to nightmare. It doesn't feel like the story a wife and mother would volunteer to tell about herself. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: A funny and emotionally credible story of old college friends who decide to have a baby together while maintaining their single lives. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: A smooth but frustrating third feature with an extremely good ensemble cast. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: It's the kind of cutesy idea that doesn't ring remotely true. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Not even the outcome's predictability (hint: romantic comedies have happy endings) can dampen the frothy results. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Sitcom-amusing, in that middle-of-the-road way. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: "Friends with Kids" goes on a beat or two too long, and lands in the obvious place, but it's filled with smarts and laughs and passion. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The observations about parenthood, pro and con, are quick and smart, and Scott effortlessly steals the show, softening Westfeldt's brittle cuteness. Read more
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: A romantic comedy that takes time to find its groove but steadily accumulates heart and humor. Read more
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: Even as it zeros in on radical shifts in the mechanics and mores of parenthood, it sits quite comfortably in a well-worn romantic-comedy groove. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: It's funny without being ridiculous, sweet without turning sentimental, even though it involves parenthood. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: Given the title, it's remarkable how little space is granted to the offspring, who are introduced as excretory machines, sex-blocking irritants, and occasional simpering angels, but never as beings unto themselves. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Imagine - a romantic comedy that's actually both. It's been a long, long time. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: [Westfeldt] makes a promising directorial debut with this good-natured dramedy, boosted in large part by an outstanding ensemble. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: Credit Westfeldt, who is also the writer and director, with a classic setup for farce, brightly executed. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Even though Friends With Kids is not a movie everyone will identify with, it fills 107 minutes with enough visual popcorn to keep you satisfied. Read more
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: This is a sharp, funny, touching and utterly winning slice of New York. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think? Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Westfeldt is the pulse of Friends With Kids, presenting us with life in all of its vibrant, messy sprawl. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Let's give Westfeldt her due for making this completely hidebound, moralistic and sentimental yarn feel somewhat fresh and contemporary. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Like an acquaintance couple's baby pictures, "Friends With Kids" induces coos but isn't as cute as they think. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Whom is this movie for, really? It's too tame for the whooping crowds of women who made hits of the Sex and the City movies and Bridesmaids. And for sure it isn't for parents with kids. Read more
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: There's a framework for a fun comedy here, but no one says anything witty and none of the characters emerge as anything resembling a real person with bigger problems than the kind of babies-are-a-handful stuff that Erma Bombeck once built a career out of. Read more
Cath Clarke, Time Out: It's safe to assume its sharp comments on what kids can do to marriage - and friendships - come from years of observation. Read more
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: A smart, sexy and honest ensemble comedy about parenthood and relationship issues with a 24-karat cast. Read more
Alissa Simon, Variety: Although the comic riffs about parenting and alternative families easily rep the pic's sharpest dialogue and strike a chord with more mature audiences, they coexist uneasily with Westfeldt's inclusion of a cruder brand of humor. Read more
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: Just as Friends With Kids compares unfavorably to Westfeldt's earlier effort, her cast members' previous projects further highlight this film's shortcomings. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Too many sequences feel generic, from the unexamined privilege that serves as the movie's cultural backdrop to the now-requisite scene of a man changing a diaper while covered in baby poop. Read more