Newlyweds Reviews

Burns and Fitzgerald make a snappy onscreen couple.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Ed Burns' latest writing and directing venture holds the perfect recipe for swiftly putting audiences into a New York state of mind.

Full Review | Original Score: 7.8/10

Breaking news: When you get married, you will inevitably deal with your spouse's family and exes in some capacity!

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

Okay, so he's not Woody Allen. That's setting the bar a bit too high. But for Burns, he's never been better.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

As [Burns'] characters grow older and more entrenched in borrowed luxury (Buzzy is a physical trainer who married into money), their charm wears increasingly thin.

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Burns's faux-documentary style allows space for some wickedly revealing confessions, while jump cuts accentuate his characters' rapid-fire showdowns.

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It has both the charms and the shortcomings of the indie fringe.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Newlyweds is funny, but never at the expense of its ideas. Whereas most relationship comedies these days are contrived and dopey, this one strives to be more truthful, and it succeeds. A solid, insightful human comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Edward Burns perfects the art of movie conversation with tangy wit, tapping into the rich tapestry of urban culture teeming in his body of work.

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Full Review | Original Score: B+