Critics score:
84 / 100
Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes
Janet Maslin, New York Times: The laughs aren't steady, but they're persistent, and the film moves fast enough to compensate for its unevenness. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: We get the sense at times that the cast and crew arrived at a location, found the script bankrupt of real laughs, and started looking around for funny props. Read more
John Skow, TIME Magazine: Its humor is successful and unsuccessful by turns, and although Comedian Carl Reiner is the director, the instinct here is to give most of both credit and blame to Martin. Read more