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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumCheery, expertly constructed Spanish farce.
- 80The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannAs directors, Harari and De Pelegri have just the right light-fingered glissando touch. Not a moment sags. Their cast relishes and fulfills the tempo.
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThere's nothing subtle about Pelegri and Harari's culture-clash romp, but it's sometimes frantically funny; that it's thoroughly forgettable is an issue only if you expect it to do more than poke easy fun at the thorny issues it raises.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMoves along briskly, with several laugh-out-loud moments.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe slapstick gets a little too silly, and a rushed ending feels unsatisfying. But everyone whose family boasts an excess of opinions will relate.
- 75Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisA dinner-from-hell comedy about a pretty Jewish Spaniard who brings a nice Palestinian guy home to her outspoken Madrid family.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceIntermittently hilarious.
- A vigorously paced modern screwball comedy written and directed by the husband-and-wife team Dominic Harari and Teresa De Pelegrí, explores family values, and Leni and Rafi's mismatched cultural backgrounds, with a refreshingly light touch.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirA movie that is never elegant but is often hysterically funny, and maintains a rabbit-on-speed pace that Hollywood comedy long ago abandoned.
- 60Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderToledo is very funny, and there are some hilarious comic bits, but writer-directors Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri drag in several distracting subplots, turning this 2004 Spanish comedy into a scattershot affair.