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The Amateurs (2007)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:4
Rotten:20
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: The Amateurs is a largely unfunny sex comedy that squanders a talented cast.
Theatrical Release:2006
Synopsis: Sex sells in America and these guys know it. When Andy (Jeff Bridges) discovers that his ex-wife has married an extremely wealthy man who is now his son’s “cool” stepfather, he becomes motivated to... [More]
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tim Blake Nelson, Joe Pantoliano, William Fichtner
Director: Michael Traeger
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Reviews for The Amateurs
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 3.5/5 |
ultimately heartwarming and humorous enough to merit a recommendation Full Review |
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 2/4 |
...ultimately finds itself unable to hold the viewer's interest for more than a few minutes at a time. Full Review |
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C- |
Amateurs had all the potential in the world to be a charming, oddball delight, but it's a mess. A horrible mess. Albeit a horrible mess with some big laughs and the evergreen presence of Jeff Bridges. Full Review |
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C+ |
The only burst of creativity is the number of euphemisms Traeger has for pussy ("fruit cup" was my favorite) Full Review |
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All this star power goes for naught in Traeger's film, which tries to blend bucolic sweetness with juvenile let's-make-a-porno jokes. Full Review |
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1/4 |
It ranges from awkward to excruciating. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The chief virtue of Amateurs is that it gives many talented people (Valerie Perrine, Judy Greer, Lauren Graham, Tim Blake Nelson) a scene or two in which to shine. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
This sort of thing was done much better by the British years ago in The Full Monty and Calendar Girls. There's really no call for an American rehash. Full Review |
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D |
A sleazy, uninspired, pathetically unfunny sex farce. Full Review |
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C |
A strong ensemble cast spruces up a weak script in this trifle...the little picture that, ultimately, doesn't. Full Review |
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Do not waste your time with The Amateurs. Full Review |
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1/4 |
The Amateurs has been shelved for a number of years because -- just a ballpark guess here -- it's not funny. Full Review |
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Potential laughs are largely lost due to the one-note nature of the characters. Full Review |
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1/5 |
There are no laughs to be found in writer-director Michael Traeger's would-be comedy The Amateurs, but there is one big mystery: how actors of this caliber could have been convinced to take part. Full Review |
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3/5 |
It's just not much fun to watch first time director Michael Traeger aim for Capra-esque comedy and wind up closer to crap. Full Review |
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As a writer, Traeger is consternatingly adolescent and glib. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The Amateurs turns out to be a mini-classic of sweet vulgarity, much in the vicinity if not the exact class of the recent spate of the Judd Apatow canon. Full Review |
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3/4 |
You'll notice that the actors are way overqualified for this nonsense. But the kick they get out of one another is what pulls you in. Full Review |
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If there’s something hypocritically coy about a sex comedy without sex (let alone a porn industry without victims), there’s also something refreshing about the characters’ unabashed good nature -- at least until the grievously saccharine finale. Full Review |
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