Review 1:
"...Nicholson is an endlessly watchable performer..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.38-9 03/01/1998
Review 2:
"...The full octane Jack is back....Hunt delivers one of the year's most appealing performances..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
Source: USA Today
p.1D 12/23/1997
Review 3:
"...It's fun to watch [Nicholson] play an SOB..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.48 03/27/1998
Review 4:
"...Brooks delivers the goods audiences since his TERMS OF ENDEARMENT and BROADCAST NEWS have come to expect: laughs and tears, fine writing, rich acting, social commentary, and a smile on the face as one exits the theatre..."
Source: Box Office
p.54 02/01/1998
Review 5:
"...In his edgiest performance in years, Nicholson creates a thoroughly unpleasant character....[A] smart, spiky romance..."
Source: Premiere
p.20-1 01/01/1998
Review 6:
"...There's something about Jack Nicholson that makes you want to grin....[The film] creates memorable people..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.33 12/23/1997
Review 7:
"...Hugely entertaining....Nicholson is in top form -- nobody is better at lacing laughs with malice..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.61-2 01/22/1998
Review 8:
"...It shows off Mr. Brooks's gift for the right-on zinger and his sweet, rueful way of enjoying his characters' stubborn tics....As winning as it is barbed..."
Source: New York Times
p.E1 12/23/1997