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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanPaula Patton is such a terrific actress that even in the ultra-tacky romantic comedy Baggage Claim, she gives a luminous, thought-out performance, not just walking through but digging into the role of an eager, nervous doormat with a people-pleasing grin.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenA few smart laughs hint at what might have been, but thanks to sitcom-y mugging and a tepidness beneath the intended hilarity, David E. Talbert’s romantic comedy is stuck in a holding pattern for much of its running time.
- 40Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyThere are a handful of laughs, but nothing to balance the onslaught of clichés.
- 40Time OutTime OutTalbert’s directing is on par with a prescription-drug commercial, and in case you have a brain injury and thus are at all confused where this cartoonish film is heading, just keep an eye out for the guy who is named — we kid you not — Mr. Wright.
- 40The DissolveNathan RabinThe DissolveNathan RabinIts pleasures are all glib and surface-level, although Luke and Patton have enough chemistry to make their painfully clichéd relationship go down smoothly.
- 40Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonLos Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonBaggage Claim promotes painfully outdated social mores.
- 30VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeChemistry you can fake, but charm is far harder to pull off, and Baggage Claim never quite succeeds on that front.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAlthough there’s a strong likability quotient for everyone onscreen here, which ought to keep the movie minimally afloat among its target audience of black viewers starved for a new Tyler Perry offering, Baggage Claim should be left behind at the carousel.
- 25Slant MagazineSlant MagazineWriter-director David E. Talbert adapts his own 2003 novel into something as useless as it is implosive.
- 25The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyWithout a coherent lead performance, all Baggage Claim has left are its generic rom-com plot — which has flight-attendant Patton jetting around the country to meet the perfect man in time for her younger sister’s wedding — and profoundly shoddy production values.