Only fitfully funny.
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02/19/01
Down to Earth (2001)
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Reviews Counted:94
Fresh:18
Rotten:76
Average Rating:3.9/10
Consensus: A toned down Chris Rock fails to bring a limp script to life as the movie moves from one gag to the next.
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Comedian Chris Rock updates 1978's HEAVEN CAN WAIT with a decidedly modern flair in this romantic comedy. Lance Barton (Rock) is a struggling comedian whose dream is to perform at New York City's... [More]
Starring: Chris Rock, Regina King, Mark Addy, Eugene Levy
Director: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Reviews for Down to Earth
Offers a strangely muted and largely unfunny Rock.
02/17/01
Not only is the film a mostly unimaginative and pale imitation of Beatty's version, but it's pretty much a poorly executed comedy in general.
02/17/01
The people behind this movie ... wisely devote 25 percent of the film to Rock's stand-up routine.
02/17/01
A ham-handed fantasy that manages the damn near impossible feat of making Chris Rock unfunny.
02/16/01
Down to Earth did deliver, albeit indifferently, on its promise to entertain.
02/16/01
For all his skill as a stand-up, Chris Rock is most assuredly not an actor just yet, and certainly not a leading man in a romantic comedy.
02/16/01
Shoddy in concept, woefully plotted and so sluggish it suggests an arthritic dog crossing the street, the film settles for little more than tired gags and Rock's sweet smile.
02/16/01
Basically one long Chris Rock comedy routine. If you like his shtick, you'll probably like the movie. For my taste, some of his jokes are cute, but most don't quite click.
02/16/01
For a comedy, there are precious few real laughs.
02/16/01
It's pretty consistently funny, if far generations removed from anything original.
02/16/01
Affable but forgettable.
02/16/01
Bland and unfunny.
02/16/01
Down to Earth doesn't really aspire to anything more, the endless guffaws are really all that counts.
02/16/01
The movie is still mostly just a weak rehash of its already-light predecessors, and what humor there is mostly comes off as just plain, ah, stiff.
02/16/01
Heaven can wait and so can the audience for the new Chris Rock comedy ever to catch fire.
02/16/01
Unimaginatively hits plodding plot point after plodding plot point after plodding plot point
02/16/01
Doesn't feel fat or padded, like so many contemporary comedies, and its very leanness is appealing.
02/16/01
A bad idea that has been made into an even worse movie.
02/16/01
Most surprising, Chris Rock isn't even consistently funny in the scenes he should have been able to do in his sleep -- his character's stand-up routines.
02/16/01
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