Squirrels to the Nuts

A light and likeable screwball comedy with a stellar ensemble cast.

She's Funny That Way is trying very hard to be a sexy screwball comedy. It tries so hard, with such a contrived and silly story, that it only succeeds in wearing the audience down. [Full review in Japanese]

She's Funny That Way makes for good fun, though it's not necessarily funny in that, or many other, ways. If nothing else, it's heartening to see Bogdanovich back in the saddle.

The actors do their best with a hit-and-miss screenplay.

The giggly men's-magazine tone, especially in Bogdanovich's treatment of call girls, makes the movie seem weirdly anachronistic.

This is an easy film to like though not a total success.

It’s the kind of movie where the private detective wears silly disguises because scenes like these are funnier if someone’s dressed like a rabbi.

Occasionally muddled though it may be, She’s Funny That Way has an appealing cast and blithe spirit, even if the experience is somehow frustrating because we can see that Bogdanovich is oh-so-close to a very good film.

With an eclectic career spanning almost five decades, Bogdanovich is one of cinema's most enduring stalwarts.

...a film that dangles the promise of capturing some of that old Bogdanovich magic...