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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanCollapses into the most generic sort of teen movie-ville, just at the moment it's convinced you that its lightly appealing stars are capable of better.
- 50Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThis mostly vulgar, but never explicit, comedy resolves itself surprisingly, revealing depth just when you think it's going to continue its skip across the shallows. In other words, Just Married might not be good, but it's just good enough.
- 50Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesOverall, Just Married doesn't really take -- it has a shelf life about as short as the disastrous honeymoon -- but in the moment, it's cute, if corny. It'll do.
- 50Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleThe sloppy charms of Just Married don't exactly break new ground, but they don't make you want to swear off romantic comedy forever, and in these "Maid in Manhattan" days that's saying something.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleHad a chance to be not just OK, not just fluff, but something special, and it's a shame that the people making it either didn't realize it or didn't have the guts to take this movie where it wanted to go.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWould it have been that much more difficult to make a movie in which Tom and Sarah were plausible, reasonably articulate newlyweds with the humor on their honeymoon growing out of situations we could believe? Apparently.
- 30TV Guide MagazineAngel CohnTV Guide MagazineAngel CohnThe film's only sparks are generated by Tom's last-ditch attempt to win back Sarah's affections, but they come too late to redeem the picture from its surfeit of over-the-top physical comedy and low-brow jokes.
- 20The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsDirector Shawn Levy brings a yeoman-like joylessness to the project, spoiling whatever fun might have been had. Kutcher and Murphy seem game enough, and it's a testament to their charisma that they're the hardest element of the film to hate.
- 10Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonDon't even consider this when it hits the Blockbuster shelves of shame.
- 10Village VoiceLaura SinagraVillage VoiceLaura SinagraUnlike Reese Wither-your-spoon, stagy Murphy actually does deserve her own "Philadelphia Story," or "Singin' in the Rain." She's obviously a camp genius (see "Clueless," not "8 Mile"), but this dopey script, topped with too-pretty Kutcher's rote 70's Show blowups, ain't it.