Man of the House: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

RottenTomatoes: 63 reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

42

I venture that this is not what we really want from Tommy Lee Jones.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Dana Stevens New York Times (Top Critic)

30

Sharp instructs the girls on the evils of term-paper plagiarism and the importance of dressing to cover their navels.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Stephen Hunter Washington Post (Top Critic)

It's got a lot of small movies bouncing around inside it, but there's no big movie on the outside.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Chris Tamarri Village Voice (Top Critic)

None of the girls are demonstrably embarrassed to be in the film, which speaks to either their work ethic or their poor taste.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jack Mathews New York Daily News (Top Critic)

38

Straight-to- video-quality mess.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

50

Though predictability runs all through this House, it works up a modest charm thanks to the emergence of likable, individualized characters.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

34

The movie is awesome only in its predictability.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Robert K. Elder Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

It's not a perfect film, by far, but Jones' playful banter with his cheerleading charges remains light and just this side of predictable.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

The image that best sums up this dismal comedy is Cedric the Entertainer cringing over a cell phone that's been hidden in a cow's rectum.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Joe Leydon Variety (Top Critic)

Sitcom-style trifle proves more than passably amusing.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Debra Birnbaum New York Post (Top Critic)

13

Mindless, vapid fare.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

40

Despite having a comeptent director, it's a slap-dash thing, with Cedric not really fitting into the main story.
Full Review » 7 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

25

90 minutes with a few routine chase sequences but without a single laugh represents a poor way to spend a looooooong evening.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Sheri Linden Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

A high concept that goes nowhere.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

60

Herek keeps things moving and throws in some lively action sequences but keeps the emphasis on the amusing and affectionate relationships between Jones and the girls.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

40

Not too much to cheer about in this lame movie.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed

Full Review » 3 years ago
Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review

20

Full Review » 4 years ago
Garth Franklin Dark Horizons

25

Full Review » 6 years ago
Empire Magazine

40

Anyone who's ever built a shrine to Tommy Lee Jones may enjoy this -- but it would take several troops of cheerleaders to muster up enthusiasm from anyone else.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Anna Smith Time Out

This makes an even worse job of its premise than you might expect, leaving it to the usual sidekick, Cedric the Entertainer, to provide the occasional laugh as a convict-turned-holy man.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Keith Phipps AV Club

The highlights, or at least breaks from the tedium, come from Cedric The Entertainer.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

40

Ha duas ou tres piadinhas que funcionam, mas Tommy Lee Jones parece deslocado e a direcao aposta demais nos corpos - fabulosos, e verdade - de suas atrizes.
Full Review » 7 years ago
David Cornelius eFilmCritic.com

20

Yes, boys and girls, this is a comedy that, in the year 2005, thinks a montage set to Right Said Fred's greatest hit would be hysterical.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Mark Pfeiffer Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

34

Man of the House is an amiable trifle that might be a guilty pleasure if it were better.
Full Review » 7 years ago