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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasOccasionally heavy-handed and overdone -- and scarcely free from a self-congratulatory tone -- this latest spoof is nonetheless lots of fun, clever and fearless, and loaded with wicked lines and touches.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliAlthough the satire is biting and the tone is irreverent, Drop Dead Gorgeous lacks the killer script and top notch performances necessary to make this a wholly successful production.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldThe script starts repeating its best gags about halfway through, and the direction gets ever broader as it goes along until the film finally loses all effectiveness as satire.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe script must have been a funny read. It's the movie that somehow never achieves takeoff speed.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghScreenwriter Lona Williams doesn't seem to have gotten much beyond the petty absurdity of theme headdresses and ludicrous talent competitions.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsDrop Dead Ugly is more like it.
- 30Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonOddly enough, I'm enjoying the memory of these jokes more than I actually enjoyed watching the film.
- 25Chicago TribuneBarbara ShulgasserChicago TribuneBarbara ShulgasserThere may be better ways to waste your time than seeing this movie.
- 20VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA relatively pain-free, if brain-free, diversion.
- 10Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlBroad, obvious and thuddingly unfunny, Drop Dead Gorgeous makes almost every previous "mockumentary" look like a work of genius.