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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThe comedy's broad perfs, predictable story beats and pro but characterless packaging have a smallscreen feel.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe screenplay, written by first-time director Marc Fienberg, fervently stays true to an ancient sitcom tradition.
- 50St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsUltimately it's sunk by the hole in the middle: Paul Campbell (presidential aide Billy on "Battlestar Galactica") who substitutes smarm for charm as the archetypal player who gets played.
- 50Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyAlas, the conceit of a double-dating Grandson and Gramps does not produce a great many laughs in this cringeworthy film.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis Lifetime-ready comedy is hardly provocative--let alone perceptive, funny, or fresh
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckUndeniably offers cheap laughs, its most receptive audiences will likely be found in retirement-community auditoriums.
- 38Boston GlobeJanice PageBoston GlobeJanice PageFienberg’s film spends most of its time trying to convince us that true love starts when you stop playing games. Then, in the final minutes, it reverses itself and puts gamesmanship back up on another wobbly pedestal. The result is hard to cheer.
- 30Washington PostWashington PostA sex romp starring Andy Griffith? Holy AARP! The good news is that the seemingly perennial TV fixture is still funny and sharp and folksy. The bad news is that he lost the bet, or whatever it was that got him into Marc Fienberg's smarmy, lackluster comedy.
- 25San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubHas all kinds of good intentions, but the comedy is too broad and the pacing is clumsy. And then there's the Andy Griffith sex scene.
- 0Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThis comedy is a bilge pump of tacky jokes, fake sentiment, and hollow performances, accompanied on the soundtrack by lite rock and hokey music cues. It should never have been made, though it's probably guaranteed a long life at bad-film festivals.