Critics Scoreboard
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Average Critic Score:
35
(29 sources)
35
(29 sources)
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75
Chicago Sun-Times
This is not a great movie, but it's very watchable and has some good laughs. The casting of Aniston is crucial, because she's the heroine of this story, and the way it's put together there's danger of her becoming the shuttlecock. Aniston has the presence to pull it off. Read Full Review » -
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60
The Hollywood Reporter
Aniston gets marooned here: Her comic instincts are muted by all the identity angst, yet there isn't sufficient dramatic material into which she can sink her teeth. Costner strolls through this role with disarming ease. Read Full Review » -
58
Portland Oregonian
Sets up a situation so weird, it's almost weirder that Rob Reiner directs it as a cookie-cutter romantic comedy. Read Full Review » -
50
San Francisco Chronicle
The movie has that fatal triptych that is becoming Reiner's romantic-comedy signature: drippy sentiment, zany scenes that trivialize the characters and a horror of adventure. Read Full Review » -
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The Onion (A.V. Club)
Like the film itself, Ruffalo and Aniston exacerbate a bad, unfeasible idea with clumsy execution, exerting a whole lot of energy and effort for very little payoff. Read Full Review » -
50
Variety
As muddled in most respects as its title, Rumor Has It... begins with an intriguing premise...but it devolves into a bland romance spiced with too little comedy. Read Full Review » -
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The real weak point is Reiner's listless direction, with too few scenes that almost gel and too many that fall flat. Read Full Review » -
50
USA Today
The story, though initially intriguing, is dicey. A seminal social satire has been spun off into a passionless romance and a wan comedy. Read Full Review » -
50
Chicago Reader
Under the circumstances, MacLaine, Costner, and Ruffalo acquit themselves well. Read Full Review » -
50
ReelViews
An unfocused mess, with poor chemistry all around and an ending that's as firm and satisfying as an overcooked noodle. Read Full Review » -
50
LA Weekly
This Rob Reiner comedy jogs along pleasantly enough to the finish (Costner is charming as always in over-the-hill-ruin mode), which entails a less-than-shattering insight about love and marriage. Read Full Review » -
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Empire
Inspired by The Graduate it may be, but despite Aniston's charm, this confused comedy will not be seducing anybody. Read Full Review » -
40
Los Angeles Times
The resulting film is a muddled, melodramatic, sort-of remake of "The Graduate." Read Full Review » -
38
New York Daily News
A lump of coal, sculpted from the kind of high-concept idea screenwriters find scribbled on bar napkins after nights of heavy drinking. Read Full Review » -
33
Entertainment Weekly
A mess -- all high concept, stranded performances, and no laughs. Read Full Review » -
30
The New York Times
I suppose Rumor Has It could be worse, though at the moment I'm at a loss to say just how. Read Full Review » -
30
Washington Post
A jarring amalgam of sitcom goofiness and uncomfortable ooginess. Read Full Review » -
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25
Rolling Stone
Following "Derailed," this comic turd makes it two strikes for Jennifer Aniston. She looks great, but her acting is board-stiff. Read Full Review » -
25
Miami Herald
If only someone had recognized the inherent vileness of the premise, we might not have been subjected to this hideous Rumor at all. Read Full Review » -
25
New York Post
Reiner, who came in to rescue this picture after the original director was fired, once gave us "When Harry Met Sally," but seeing him work now is like watching Willie Mays hobble around in a Mets uniform during that pathetic final year when he hit .211. Read Full Review » -
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Village Voice
Maybe it's the terrible lighting, but Friend-out-of-water Aniston spends most of this flick looking like she needs Dustin Hoffman to bang on the glass and get her out of this mess. Read Full Review » -
10
Dallas Observer
Stay away: Everything about the movie is rinky-dink, from its phony, lifeless dialogue to its drab, shabby sitcom look to its choppy editing, all of which can wear on you after 95 minutes that come to feel like an eternity. Read Full Review » -
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