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Christy Lemire, Associated Press: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...a film that frequently feels inconsistent in tone.... veers a bit jarringly between its humorous, serious and romantic moments." (Read the full review...) 673 words, 12/02/10 Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: MODERATE (cg) "Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor make a peculiar couple... a long-delayed, odd comedy." (Read the full review...) 149 words, 12/02/10 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a finely tuned tour-de-force interplay between two movie stars... sustains a tone of compassionate hilarity in which oversize romantic gestures coexist with gigantic scams." (Read the full review...) 305 words, 12/03/10 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: VERY GOOD (cg) "...outrageously funny.... Carrey and McGregor make it work by making us buy the romance as the real thing. There's something about these Marys that pulls you in." (Read the full review...) 202 words, 12/02/10 Claudia Puig, USA Today: WEAK (cg) "An oddball hybrid... aspires to be a dark comedy, sensual romance, true crime account and con-artist thriller.... feels forced and calculated." (Read the full review...) 592 words, 12/02/10 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...provides great quantities of plot and then holds them at arm's length... Carrey makes the role seem effortless; he deceives as spontaneously as others breathe." (Read the full review...) 788 words, 12/09/10 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "As a comedy, it crackles with deadpan wit and dark satire. As a romance, it lacks vigor.... an entertaining diversion..." (Read the full review...) 798 words, 12/09/10
Stephen Holden, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...a Jim Carrey movie all the way: a good one, I might add.... A star vehicle whose first gay erotic moment shows Mr. Carrey engaged in loud anal sex is asking for trouble." (Read the full review...) 761 words, 12/03/10 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: POOR (cg) "...blasts gay stereotypes back decades... Carrey is clearly hungry to wear a clown suit again. It's a shame he can't just be who he is and move on." (Read the full review...) 465 words, 12/03/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: WEAK "...too often plays as an apology, as if the directors are trying to compensate for the gay love story by pushing everything over the top.... I thought we were beyond that." (Read the full review...) 691 words, 12/03/10 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "...such an endearing oddity that you have to wonder exactly for whom it was made. But I'm glad they did nonetheless." (Read the full review...) 386 words, 12/03/10 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...provides great quantities of plot and then holds them at arm's length... Carrey makes the role seem effortless; he deceives as spontaneously as others breathe." (Read the full review...) 788 words, 12/09/10 Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: OUTSTANDING "...bonkers, exhilarating... the best performance of Carrey's career.... advances the homosexual agenda without straight pity, condescension, or self-satisfaction." (Read the full review...) 737 words, 12/01/10 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a hard movie to classify, and you sometimes don't know whether to laugh or gasp.... This is the most interesting role Carrey has had in a long while." (Read the full review...) 277 words, 03/04/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a gleeful ride through a ridiculous true story." (Read the full review...) 291 words, 03/03/11
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: MODERATE (cg) "There's plenty to scratch your head about here. Is it a drama? A comedy? And if it's a farce, what's it making fun of?" (Read the full review...) 687 words, 12/10/10 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD (cg) "...mad love, mad money, and an almost mad zeal to run free." (Read the full review...) 455 words, 12/17/10 Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...tonally confused, fitfully entertaining... The romance between Carrey and McGregor is touching at its best moments, corny at its worst." (Read the full review...) 692 words, 12/10/10 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...transforms what could have been a cliched con man comedy, generic Jim Carrey character comedy or run-of-the-mill gay coming-out comedy into something smarter, sweeter and downright giddy." (Read the full review...) 617 words, 12/24/10 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a delirious comedy that remains on track largely thanks to Jim Carrey's goofy but grounded performance.... It's hard to hate a sociopath with such an affable grin." (Read the full review...) 533 words, 12/17/10 Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: VERY GOOD (cg) "If you're a fan of provocative, offbeat films such as 'My Own Private Idaho' or 'The Crying Game,' you might want to give 'Phillip Morris' a chance." (Read the full review...) 356 words, 12/10/10 Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...finds the humor in an unlikely love story... and it's funny." (Read the full review...) 563 words, 12/10/10 Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD (cg) "...the first Carrey comedy since the Farrelly brothers' 'Dumb and Dumber' not to fear vulgarity." (Read the full review...) 764 words, 12/10/10 Clint O'Connor, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: GOOD (cg) "Requa and Ficarra (the writing team behind 'Cats & Dogs' and 'Bad Santa') aren't quite sure where to drive the narrative, but have fun with some cons-within-cons." (Read the full review...) 399 words, 12/24/10 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: MODERATE (cg) "True-life stories that don't make sense can be fascinating -- life often doesn't make any sense whatsoever -- but 'I Love You Phillip Morris,' trying hard, never quite sells it." (Read the full review...) 341 words, 12/17/10 Mike Russell, Portland Oregonian: MODERATE (cg) "...fundamental schizophrenia strong-armed me out of the film, and left me feeling like McGregor's more grounded performance existed in another movie entirely." (Read the full review...) 300 words, 12/17/10 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...this isn't only the best comedy of 2010 but also the year's most astonishing romance." (Read the full review...) 555 words, 12/21/10 Tom Long, Detroit News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "It all becomes a bit repetitious -- zany for zany's sake -- which, while not outright disastrous, still falls far short of madly romantic." (Read the full review...) 354 words, 12/24/10 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "A big part of the fun is watching these two giant movie stars plunge headlong into roles that would normally be played by lesser-known actors in a low-budget independent film." (Read the full review...) 578 words, 12/24/10
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: OUTSTANDING "...bonkers, exhilarating... the best performance of Carrey's career.... advances the homosexual agenda without straight pity, condescension, or self-satisfaction." (Read the full review...) 737 words, 12/01/10 Josh Tyler, Cinema Blend: FAIR (cg) "...it doesn't seem to know where it's going or why it's going there, and the result is an unusual movie that's not particularly satisfying." (Read the full review...) 529 words, 01/19/09 Chris Faraone, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...will garner attention as a sunny gay romance, and that's unfortunate -- it would have worked much better as a gritty drama about the most toxic non-violent criminal in Texas history." (Read the full review...) 163 words, 12/09/10 Scott Tobias, AV Club: EXCELLENT (cg) "This is 'Catch Me If You Can' with two middle fingers raised in the air." (Read the full review...) 400 words, 12/02/10 Bill Weber, Slant: VERY GOOD (cg) "...gets off on gender-fucking the conventions of romantic and caper comedies while reaping subversive moments of tenderness from its committed central performance." (Read the full review...) 597 words, 11/28/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a gleeful ride through a ridiculous true story." (Read the full review...) 291 words, 03/03/11 Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...a weirdly lyrical comedy.... Despite its uneven qualities, the film offers a consistently surprising account of a natural trickster's great escapes." (Read the full review...) 492 words, 12/17/10 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a warmly human and hugely funny story that's almost a sendup of both prison melodramas and hetero romantic comedies..." (Read the full review...) 360 words, 01/24/11
Bob Mondello, NPR All Things Considered: VERY GOOD "Who'da thunk even fearless star power could make these two work as a romantic pair?" (Listen to the full review...) 175 seconds, 12/03/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD "There's never been a movie like this one. That's not to say it's all good or all bad... Much of it is funny or affecting in surprising ways, while some of it is undercut by a wildly hyperbolic style." (Read the full review...) 338 words, 12/03/10 Stephen Holden, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...a Jim Carrey movie all the way: a good one, I might add.... A star vehicle whose first gay erotic moment shows Mr. Carrey engaged in loud anal sex is asking for trouble." (Read the full review...) 761 words, 12/03/10 Anthony Lane, New Yorker: WEAK "...upholds the constitutional right of every gay man to be as much of a liar, a crook, and a creep as the rest of us. Makes you proud." (Read the full review...) 571 words, 12/06/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...too often plays as an apology, as if the directors are trying to compensate for the gay love story by pushing everything over the top.... I thought we were beyond that." (Read the full review...) 691 words, 12/03/10 Dana Stevens, Slate: VERY GOOD "...something close to brilliant in its mastery of tone.... a passionate, amoral caper, a story of outlaw love on the run in the tradition of 'Breathless' or 'True Romance.' " (Read the full review...) 581 words, 12/06/10 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: GOOD "...goes beyond madcap farce into total derangement.... Carrey is great and he takes enormous chances and he's kind of too much, which I guess is how I feel about 'I Love You Phillip Morris.' " (Read the full review...) 1,496 words, 12/01/10
John Anderson, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "...will leave auds both laughing and stunned.... no one can say that all involved weren't swinging for the fences.... will give some fans of 'Ace Ventura' heart attacks." (Read the full review...) 667 words, 01/19/09 Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...a bit of an aesthetic dither, which will confound many viewers." (Read the full review...) 450 words, 01/19/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...too often plays as an apology, as if the directors are trying to compensate for the gay love story by pushing everything over the top.... I thought we were beyond that." (Read the full review...) 691 words, 12/03/10 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: MODERATE (cg) "...a mediocre picture on any level, thematically and particularly technically and stylistically, an indie which goes out of its way to be lurid, hilarious, and shocking." (Read the full review...) 723 words, 11/17/10 Stephen Holden, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...a Jim Carrey movie all the way: a good one, I might add.... A star vehicle whose first gay erotic moment shows Mr. Carrey engaged in loud anal sex is asking for trouble." (Read the full review...) 761 words, 12/03/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD "There's never been a movie like this one. That's not to say it's all good or all bad... Much of it is funny or affecting in surprising ways, while some of it is undercut by a wildly hyperbolic style." (Read the full review...) 338 words, 12/03/10
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