The sort of feeble redemption story Hollywood often palms off on the film-going public.
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11/11/02
Joe Somebody (2001)
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Reviews Counted:83
Fresh:16
Rotten:67
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Amiable, but extremely lightweight and predictable.
Reviews for Joe Somebody
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12/30/06
Top CriticFeel-good fluff with a mundane Tim Allen performance and a distinct lack of comedic spark.
12/21/01
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11/05/02
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12/23/01
It doesn't much succeed, but Allen and the bit of acid candor the script does muster do cushion its shortcomings.
12/21/01
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03/24/02
Top CriticThe movie's choppy, erratic tone is as irritating as its unlikable characters.
12/21/01
It's like the perennial Christmas fruitcake -- nobody's first choice for a dessert, but a ritual we all observe now and again.
12/20/01
By the end of Joe Somebody, we are faced with the dismal prospect of being denied a climax, which, if it occurred, would be just as predictable as its substitute.
12/21/01
Top CriticIf American Beauty were a bland comedy, it would be Joe Somebody.
12/20/01
Pure sitcom material that could easily be polished off in 30 minutes, with laugh track.
10/15/02
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04/29/09
O arco dramático vivenciado pelo personagem de Tim Allen consegue, por vezes, comover e despertar uma identificação com o espectador. Pena que o filme, em sua insistência em se afirmar como comédia, tente criar piadas tão vazias e mal-sucedidas.
08/16/03
A made-for-TV movie dressed up like a feature film. Its plot is not only stale, it's been stale for decades.
12/21/01
Top CriticPretty pallid fare with a timid shot at corporations and a Tim Allen who doesn't look bullied.
12/21/01
Joe Somebody is such a lightweight film it's like watching a smoke ring -- just about the time you start to pay attention, it gets all fuzzy and floats away.
12/21/01
Through its sheer incompetence and mediocrity, this supposed family comedy comes close to suggesting that the once immensely popular Tim Allen can no longer carry a film by himself.
12/21/01
Corny to the core.
12/21/01
Joe Somebody gives Allen a piping chance to play it sensitive, sentient and, for all the right reasons, lovable. He takes that chance and does a first-rate job.
12/21/01
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