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What A Man

What A Man (2012)

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33

Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4

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audience

23

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Average Rating: 2.7/5
User Ratings: 161

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Movie Info

This is a spirited and sweet romantic comedy about one man's attempt to prove his manhood to the woman in his life. The film tells the story of Alex, a 30 year-old schoolteacher whose live-in girlfriend dumps him for a manlier man. The breakup forces him on a hilarious journey of self-discovery to prove his masculinity. (c) Paladin

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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (4)

A by-the-numbers romantic comedy.

December 3, 2012 Full Review Source: Variety
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With its stock characters and low-expectation high jinks, the German import "What a Man" could have been fabricated on the Hollywood rom-com assembly line.

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times
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The plot is predictable, as complications line up like jets awaiting takeoff. Even the camera work is predictable ...

November 30, 2012 Full Review Source: New York Post
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It may hit all-too-familiar notes, but its sureness of tone makes Mr. Schweighöfer a talent to watch.

November 29, 2012 Full Review Source: New York Times
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Notwithstanding its slavish adherence to familiar genre conventions, the film nonetheless makes for reasonably fun viewing, thanks to its off-kilter humor and the chemistry exhibited by Scheweighofer and Kekilli.

November 29, 2012 Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter
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Mostly harmless but also irksome in its bland simplicity ...

November 27, 2012 Full Review Source: Village Voice
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An unlikely and generally winning if utterly formulaic blend of male fretfulness and romantic bloom rooted in friendship... but in German!

December 6, 2012 Full Review Source: Shockya.com

A smart, funny, sweet and well-acted romantic comedy.

November 29, 2012 Full Review Source: Film School Rejects
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Audience Reviews for What A Man

I've seen it. 5-10 minutes into the movie, I had a very exact vision of everything that would ever happen in it, and i wasn't disappointed once. Which also says, there was no reason to stay at all. The acting wasn't bad, at least as i remember it, but the plot and characters were too generic. Also, it was just good enough not to be "so bad, it's good" so no bonus for being a dirty pleasure or something like this.
January 25, 2012
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Foreign Titles

  • Todo un hombre (ES)
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