- 7
...nimbly satirize[s] West L.A. excess...
—Chuck Wilson LA Weekly
- 7
Cheeky irreverence gives way to reverence and a regrettable desire to defang the comedy for the sake of making a nice family movie.
—Nathan Rabin Onion AV Club
- 7
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
- 7
...neatly balances reverence, farce, and family values.
—M.K. Terrell Christian Science Monitor
- 6
...a sitcom with enough big laughs and emotional truth to get audiences past awkward pacing and some slow spots.
—Lou Lumenick New York Post
- 6
Everybody learns a lesson, everybody gets a hug, everybody goes home happy. You should complain?
— TV Guide
- 5
...leaves a distinctively sitcomy aftertaste.
— E!
- 5
...begins as a growling, razor-toothed satire of carnivorous consumption in Hollywood, but those growls soon subside into whimpers.
—Stephen Holden New York Times
- 5
...a sluggishly paced groaner...
—Gary Goldstein Reel
- 4
It's sitcom with a glop of schmaltz.
—Leah Rozen People
- 4
...[contains] ethnic gags that are about as fresh as three-day-old bagels...
—Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly
- 4
The poster slogan errs. "Something's not quite kosher" is not the problem. Something's not quite funny is the problem.
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune