...stars two television actors who have done far, far better work on the small screen. Who needs a movie career if it looks like this?
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05/11/07
The Ex (2007)
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Reviews Counted:98
Fresh:18
Rotten:80
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: The Ex suffers from inept direction and characters that are either unsympathetic or plain unpleasant to watch.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This rollicking and slightly absurd comedy from director Jesse Peretz (FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES) begins when Tom Reilly (Zach Braff) loses his promising chef job at a swanky New York restaurant. He... [More]
Starring: Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman, Donal Logue
Director: Jesse Peretz
Reviews for The Ex
...there's little doubt that Bateman deserves the lion's share of praise thanks to his scene-stealing work as Tom's hilariously smug nemesis.
05/11/07
Braff deserves better material.
05/11/07
It may be the worst movie of the summer movie season, which is pretty impressive since it just kicked off last week. This one is toxic.
05/11/07
Talented actors can turn a so-so script into something mildly worthwhile, but come on, they're not miracle workers.
05/10/07
However bungled the execution, The Ex still features some undeniably funny material
05/10/07
feels and entertains like a good TV sit-com, especially with the acting talent assembled here, and that shouldn't be taken as an insult.
05/10/07
There must be an unspoken rule in Hollywood that a group of exceptionally talented people must all gather together once in their career and make an exceptionally unfunny movie.
05/10/07
It's incredibly apropos that The Ex contains the line, 'I really only laugh when something funny happens.' Self-criticism at its finest, that is.
05/10/07
Extravagantly expendable.
05/10/07
casts funny actors and provides funny scenarios but rarely matches talent to task
05/10/07
A clunky, lead-footed disaster, the stunning incompetence of its script and direction only exceeded by the shocking array of talented and successful performers who struggle in it as though they are going down for the third time. In quicksand.
05/10/07
An off-key comedy that has all the hallmarks of a desperate makeover...
05/10/07
If you're not a fan of either Bateman or Braff, then nothing's going to save this muddled comedy for you. Their sparks are all that keep it going.
05/10/07
A completely forgettable comedy starring Zach Braff and Amanda Peet, The Ex takes a mix of tired scenarios and combines them in a way that makes the nearly 90 minutes feel much longer.
05/10/07
Top CriticThe best jokes in The Ex a scattershot screwball satire of job insecurity, upward mobility, political correctness and yuppie marital tensions, have claws that leave scratches.
05/10/07
Top CriticAfter The Last Kiss and Garden State, not to mention Scrubs (second only to Law and Order when it comes to TV ubiquity), Braff's shtick, his bug-eyed, hangdog, goofy-grin thing, is getting tired.
05/10/07
Jason Bateman's a blast, but this slack comedy's a bust.
05/10/07
Top CriticIf you're looking for Braff's most average movie to date, The Ex marks the spot.
05/10/07
It's conventional, and given the talent involved it could be better. But it isn't half bad, which makes it twice as good as some recent comedy smashes.
05/10/07
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