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Mack & Rita

2022

Katie Aselton

Diane Keaton, Elizabeth Lail, Wendie Malick, Aimee Carrero ...

3.4

209

Comedy. Fantasy A woman in her 30s is struck by lightning and wakes up as a 65-year-old, which isn't like what she imagined.

	Author	Review
United States	Amy Nicholson Variety	"Keaton does her best with the material. Her own inner youth shines through the character even when the script lets her down"	NEU
United States	David Nusair Reel Film	"A seemingly foolproof premise that is, by and large, employed to mediocre and disappointing effect by Aselton (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Kristen Page-Kirby The Washington Post	" It could have examined the theme of aging much more deeply. (...) As it is, it’s a story that doesn’t need to be told and isn’t told very well. (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"Who wouldn't want to be Diane Keaton? But in a better movie than 'Mack & Rita' (...) Aselton has a light touch as a director, and she wisely trots out an all-star parade of comedy heavyweights to distract from the script issues"	NEU
Canada	Ferdosa Abdi Screen Rant	"An underwhelming comedy with good intentions that doesn't land despite Keaton’s Herculean efforts to make something of the material (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"At times disarming, at others plain silly, it takes a few daring leaps without quite avoiding middle-of-the-road sitcom territory"	NEU
United States	Fran Hoepfner The Wrap	"'Mack & Rita' is silly, but it’s a strong, necessary kind of silly, a warm and embracing kind of silly. Keaton has rarely been so bubbling and bright"	POS
United States	Courtney Howard AV Club	"Visually, fusing the story with a warm, contemporary aesthetic makes it a pleasant enough affair. But ultimately, 'Mack & Rita' is a passable work at best for Aselton"	NEU
United States	Chase Hutchinson Collider	"Despite a committed cast of comedic talent giving it their all, 'Mack & Rita' ends up falling flat on its face (...) The uncertain writing feels all too familiar"	NEG
United States	Lisa Kennedy The New York Times	"Directed with some unexpected beats by Katie Aselton, the comedy captures a bit of the esprit de girlfriends of HBO’s 'Insecure', but borrows too giddily from the Nancy Meyers rom-com catalog of upscale homes"	NEU
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"A body-swap comedy so daffy and weightless it nearly levitates"	NEG
United States	Serena Puang Boston Globe	"The film misses an opportunity to portray the complexity of one’s 30s — and 70s. Still, it is a quirky movie that reminds the audience to live life to the fullest, whatever age they are"	NEU
United States	Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"Despite thin characterization, Paige makes Carla a warm, authentic character, and Milligan brings an appealingly light touch to Jack (...) Somewhere inside this movie is a better one that never comes out (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	John Serba Decider	"The movie flirts with a bunch of stuff, without fully committing to any of it. You can blame it for failing to write any halfway-decent dialogue"	NEG

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