The Ex (Full Frame) PG-13
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 21, 2007
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Weinstein
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman & Zach Braff | |
Performer: | Donal Logue, Fred Armisen, Mia Farrow, Paul Rudd, Charles Grodin, Amy Poehler, Amy Adams & Josh Charles | |
Directed by | Jesse Peretz | |
Screenwriting by | David Guion & Michael Handelman | |
Produced by | Ted Hope, Anne Carey & Anthony Bregman | |
Director of Photography: | Tom Richmond | |
Executive Production by | Ray Angelic, Marc Butan, Mark Cuban, Todd Wagner, Bob Weinstein & Harvey Weinstein |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: D- --
What if Zach Braff acted in one more quarter-life-crisis movie, and instead of Sundance it went straight to video? If only that's what had happened to The Ex.
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Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 3/10 --
It should be good. It's got a well-known, talented cast from top to bottom and the subject of ex-boyfriends is limitless. Instead it has the feel of a straight-to-DVD failure.
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The Scorecard Review
Rating: 2/5 --
Uneven Braff comedy OK, but lacks ex-citement.
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Common Sense Media
Mildly amusing but far too timid.
Ebert & Roeper
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Delayed, re-titled and presumably at least partially re-shot, Jesse Peretz's troubled office-bound romantic comedy The Ex is as half-baked as you'd expect it to be, but the better half -- the office half -- really does cook.
Toronto Star
Rating: 4/10 --
This movie ain't all that funny.
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JoBlo's Movie Emporium
Rating: D --
It's good to have Grodin back onscreen after an extended absence; it's just a shame it has to be in this dreary graveyard of wasted opportunities.
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AV Club
Product Description:
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 is compelled to move to small-town Ohio to take a job with his father-in-law (Charles Grodin) at an advertising agency to support his wife, Sofia (Amanda Peet), and newborn son. Tom's adjustment to the rhythms and rituals of the office world is awkward at best, and complicated by the presence of an old high-school flame of Sofia's (Jason Bateman), a passive-aggressive paraplegic who schemes to get Sofia back. Meanwhile, Sofia must cope with the shock of switching roles from powerful big-city lawyer to stay-at-home suburban mom.
Young working parents will identify with the familiar conflicts presented here as the embattled Tom and frustrated Sofia struggle to make sense of their new responsibilities. Braff purveys his patented nerdy charm as a nice guy whose behavior becomes more and more manic as the rug gets continually pulled out from under him, and Peet is a lovely screen presence even as her character's patience and enthusiasm fade in less than attractive ways. Their performances blend wry intelligence with out-and-out slapstick, and they are supported by a superb ensemble cast including Amy Poehler, Amy Adams, Paul Rudd, Donal Logue, and Mia Farrow. While some of the situations and jokes border on tasteless, it's the smart kind of gross-out humor of a Farrelly Brothers or Jay Roach film, and the film never never loses its heart, as embodied by Braff and Peet.
Young working parents will identify with the familiar conflicts presented here as the embattled Tom and frustrated Sofia struggle to make sense of their new responsibilities. Braff purveys his patented nerdy charm as a nice guy whose behavior becomes more and more manic as the rug gets continually pulled out from under him, and Peet is a lovely screen presence even as her character's patience and enthusiasm fade in less than attractive ways. Their performances blend wry intelligence with out-and-out slapstick, and they are supported by a superb ensemble cast including Amy Poehler, Amy Adams, Paul Rudd, Donal Logue, and Mia Farrow. While some of the situations and jokes border on tasteless, it's the smart kind of gross-out humor of a Farrelly Brothers or Jay Roach film, and the film never never loses its heart, as embodied by Braff and Peet.
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