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Frank Rich, TIME Magazine: [The film] has everything going for it: big laughs, populist politics, billowy sequences set in heaven, a murder plot, a climactic Super Bowl game, a supporting cast of choice comic actors, and best of all, a touching (but PG) romance. Read more
Vincent Canby, New York Times: There's nothing worse than a pushy narrative. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: It's certainly likable enough and was a big hit when it came out, but one could hardly call it an auspicious artistic debut -- a crafty commercial entertainment with a certain amount of intelligence is more like it. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This is the kind of upbeat screwball comedy Hollywood used to do smoothly and well. Read more