As uneven as it is, Life as We Know It still goes down like comic comfort food, especially for anybody who's ever dealt with parenthood.
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The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Although wholly predictable in its every beat and featuring bland, unremarkable WASPs as romantic leads, "Life" is not without its charms.
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VarietyBrian Lowry
VarietyBrian Lowry
It's a predictable date-night diversion.
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MovielineMichelle Orange
MovielineMichelle Orange
Despite these two actors' decent - and occasionally very charming - performances the film stacks the odds of the audience caring about Heigl and Duhamel against a narrative vacuum that favors eye candy and cheap effect over emotional logic.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
The feminine fantasies Berlanti seemingly seeks to stoke are undercut by a vibe that's weirdly misogynistic.
Brittle, workaholic and bitterly single does not a Kate Hepburn make, and in this latest screen iteration of The Taming of the Heigl, she doesn't stray far enough from her standard rom-com shtick.
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Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
It's the best date-night movie to hit the screens in a while, which, considering the competition, is very faint praise.
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
So anyway, what happens in Life As We Know It? You'll never guess in a million years. Never.
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Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
A sitcom pilot idea stretched to feature length boredom.
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
There's something about Holly: She's the most ridiculous, irritating, two-dimensional rom-com heroine since...Katherine Heigl's last rom-com.