Just Wright
critic Reviews
, 47% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Well-intentioned but formulaic, Just Wright has winning leads but can't overcome its preponderance of cliches.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreLisa RosmanTime Out
Although it's replete with solid supporting players and even stronger goodwill, Just Wright buckles under the burden of its pure intentions. Too many auxiliary, moralizing plot points and characters are picked up, only to be suddenly dropped.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreCharlotte O'SullivanLondon Evening Standard
Just about bearable.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMarc LeeDaily Telegraph (UK)
Utterly predictable, unbearably trite.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScorePeter BradshawGuardian
Easy-going and sweet-natured, this "romantic sports comedy" finally dissolves into a gooey mess of over-cooked comfort food.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAngie ErrigoEmpire Magazine
Likeable turns from Queen Latifah, Common and Pam Grier elevate the fairly rote material -- no big surprises here -- into a fun, basketball-based spin on the romantic-comedy.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRobbie CollinNews of the World
If film titles get any lazier than this, I'm flying to Hollywood and setting fire to the Writers' Guild HQ building.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRene JordanEl Nuevo Herald (Miami)
The movie isn't bad but…[Latifah] deserves much more than what she apparently think she does. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSydney EppsCall and Post (Cleveland)
You'll be walking out thinking the film was cute and one you wouldn't mind watching again.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard PropesTheIndependentCritic.com
In a Queen Latifah film, and most assuredly in this Queen Latifah film, love is always possible and even the people who disappointment you the most are ultimately redeemed.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRachel Wagnerrachelsreviews.net
Latifah and Common have great chemistry and it's another romance where we like both of them and want to see them happy.
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