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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt has smart characters, and is wise about the ones who try to tame their intelligence by acting out.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterLike its characters, Good Guy is sharp, fun and pleasant to behold, and its recreational, apartment and workplace locales are appropriately slick and showy.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe movie’s confident performances and its eye and ear for detail make The Good Guy a satisfying insider’s snapshot of a shark tank.
- 70Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyThe result is a more-clever-than-most window into modern urban yuppie mating rituals, tracking just how tough it is to keep a grip on love and the corporate ladder at the same time.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyOne by one, each scene goes slack as the script struggles with Screenwriting 101 problems like who the main character is and what he wants -- not to mention why any of us should care in the first place.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceDePietro is no cynic, and he means well--but he also means to corner the coveted "Dear John" demographic, which, in turn, means that The Good Guy suffers from the dreary want of imagination about the specificity of twentysomething life that has sunk so many other specimens of this battered genre.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearSuch passé testosterone worship might have been passable if the filmmaking weren’t so amateurish--every emotional exchange is accompanied by insipid, high-volume pop songs--and the film’s self-satisfied chest-thumping didn’t extend to its creator as well.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanWith its cash-flashing men and dirty-talking women, the movie already feels dated. But it wouldn't have been much fun five years ago, either.
- 20VarietyVarietyLacking much of a satirical bite, the pic's quasi-celebration of crude laddishness becomes oppressive.
- 12New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithNot just a shabby "Wall Street" knockoff clogged with dull, jargon-spewing trading-desk scenes that fail to advance the plot in any way. It's also a nondescript "Sex and the City" retread.