The Christian Sciene MonitorWhen the inevitable complications ensue, the audience is way ahead of the movie.
TelegraphJennifer Westfeldt's alternative take on parenthood is a clever, funny, but ultimately unsatisfying, affair
Total FilmSmart dialogue, a gifted ensemble and good intentions from Jennifer Westfeldt, but her grown-up romcom can't quite escape fe...
The GuardianJennifer Westfeldt's relationship comedy is as unwatchable as Michael Haneke's Funny Games
Chicago Sun-TimesThere must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don’t you think?
New York MagazineWestfeldt, now 42, belongs to a generation (and class) of people for whom nothing about having kids is easy. Her intensity f...
The New YorkerGiven the title, it's remarkable how little space is granted to the offspring, who are introduced as excretory machines, sex...
Salon ArtsLet's give Westfeldt her due for making this completely hidebound, moralistic and sentimental yarn feel somewhat fresh and c...
Chicago Sun-TimesThere must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think?
The Boston GlobeThis movie swerves from fantasy to nightmare. It doesn't feel like the story a wife and mother would volunteer to tell about...
Wall Street JournalIt's shrill in tone, awash in unexamined narcissism-kids are just pretexts for laughs, rather than objects of love-and affli...
Los Angeles TimesEven as it zeros in on radical shifts in the mechanics and mores of parenthood, it sits quite comfortably in a well-worn rom...
Rolling StoneWestfeldt is the pulse of Friends With Kids, presenting us with life in all of its vibrant, messy sprawl.
USA TodayIt offers the rare combination of romance, humor, an inventive conceit and social relevance, without adhering slavishly to r...
The New York TimesIn the crumbling passion of a once hot-to-trot couple (a perfect Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm), it locates a jagged heart that ...
Washington PostToo many sequences feel generic, from the unexamined privilege that serves as the movie's cultural backdrop to the now-requi...
New York PostCredit Westfeldt, who is also the writer and director, with a classic setup for farce, brightly executed.
New York Daily NewsWestfeldt makes a promising directorial debut with this good-natured dramedy, boosted in large part by an outstanding ensemb...
Entertainment WeeklyMuch of the romantic comedy Friends With Kids is a funny dispatch from a very contemporary Earth; the remainder is a strange...
Film School RejectsFriends With Kids is brimming with the three h’s that are essential to making any type of romantic comedy work – humor, hear...
Film FractureFriends With Kids is a movie couples, singles, and those feeling the strain of having friends with kids can relate to on a v...
Hollywood ReporterJennifer Westfeldt makes an emotionally satisfying bow as writer-director, piloting an ace ensemble.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Jennifer Westfeldt
Writer: Jennifer Westfeldt
Studio: Lionsgate
Cast: Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm
Release: March 9, 2012
Writer: Jennifer Westfeldt
Studio: Lionsgate
Cast: Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm
Release: March 9, 2012
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