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Did You Hear About the Morgans?
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Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 28 critic reviews
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Based on 17 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama | Romance
Written by: Marc Lawrence
Directed by: Marc Lawrence
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 18, 2009
DVD: March 16, 2010
Running Time: 103 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for some sexual references and momentary violence
Starring Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliot, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Kelly, and Wilford Brimley
The comedy Did You Hear About the Morgans? follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan, whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer. The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk away the Morgans from their beloved New York to a tiny town in Wyoming, and a relationship that was on the rocks threatens to end completely in the Rockies... unless, in their new BlackBerry-free lives, the Morgans can slow down the pace and rekindle the passion. (Sony Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
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New York Post Kyle Smith
As for Grant, who hasn't been this sharp since "Love Actually" six years ago, he is once again the prime minister of cute comedy.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
It's a thoroughly delightful throwaway--the kind of movie for which cable television was made, from the maker of "Music & Lyrics" (Marc Lawrence), who knows his way 'round a snappy tune.
Read Full Review >Variety John Anderson
But the charm of the film is that it resists turning people into cliches and lets Parker and Grant work their particular magic -- before they get to Wyoming, their performances are as stressed out as their characters, and while it's a dubious conceit that going cowboy is a cure-all, they put the notion across as convincingly as possible.
Read Full Review >Empire Olly Richards
Neither good nor bad. Scales dizzying new heights of okay. Aims for mediocrity... and nails it.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Not even the estimable comic chops of Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker can lift it above the level of ordinary.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker are supposed to pass for a married couple, but they have all the chemistry of two actors who just met and shook hands moments before the cameras rolled. They don't even seem to like each other much.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
You should hear instead about Sam Elliott and Mary Steenburgen, who whip up cowboy fun as married U.S. marshals assigned to protect the pair in Wyoming.
Read Full Review >Time Out New York Joshua Rothkopf
While the movie isn’t "Witness," you know that comic scenes of target practice are going to make sense around the bend.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
There are barely enough titter-worthy one-liners in Marc Lawrence’s good-natured romantic comedy Did You Hear About the Morgans? to prevent it from sinking under the weight of its clichés.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Did You Hear about the Morgans? Yes and, to be perfectly frank, I wish I had been spared the experience.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
What possible reason was there for anyone to make Did You Hear About the Morgans? Or should I say "remake," because this movie has been made and over and over again, and oh, so much better.
Read Full Review >St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joe Williams
Given the creator and the cast, "Morgans" is as drearily predictable as a plague of locusts.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Here is a movie with everything going for it and nothing working.
Read Full Review >New Orleans Times-Picayune Mike Scott
Grant and Parker's talents are wasted on a boring, made-for-TV story punctuated by a contrived, throwaway third act.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
The movie's a fish-out-of-water romantic-comedy thriller that forgets to be romantic, comedic or thrilling.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Betsy Sharkey
Grant has never been less charming and Parker never less fashionable or more grating than they are as Paul and Meryl Morgan.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Corliss
The movie is like a car wreck in which no one is injured but the onlookers.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
When the material gets really bad, as it does in the dismal Did You Hear About The Morgans?, Grant's pinched facial expressions become an inadvertent commentary on the movie he’s making, as if he plainly realizes that his one-liners are tanking.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Sometimes it's unpleasant, sometimes it's insincere, and for long stretches it's boring.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
If you are expecting a pleasant evening of escapism, you will be cruelly fooled. The editor responsible for the trailer is clearly a genius.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Grant and Parker stand around as if they’re waiting for someone to yell, “Cut.’’ He’s in one movie. She’s in another. Neither is any good.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
Did you hear about the Morgans? Trust me, you don't want to.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
A forgettable and lackluster fish-out-of-water rom-com.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Joe Neumaier
The loping pace, inconsistent tone and lack of imagination are all deadly.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Mary Elizabeth Williams
"Morgans" does bear the distinction of boasting the sourest cast ever assembled outside of a Lars Von Trier production.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
It's not just the sound of crickets you hear watching this movie. It's the sound of dead crickets.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 1.6 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jo M gave it a2:
Could have tried harder to be a convincing married couple. "Its Complicated" much funnier.
Sam S gave it a9:
Why do movies have to be deep to have good ratings? Can't they just be entertaining? This movie was funny, and I'm not ashamed to admit it, despite the terrible reviews. I hardly ever laugh at movies or television shows, but this movie made me laugh out loud several times. Maybe New Yorkers will find it funnier than everyone else...
Lenny M gave it a1:
Stupid movie. LAME!!!
Keith R. gave it a0:
This movie is crap. i mean, all it does is make fun of people who live a different life. and make bad jokes about rednecks. you know what, there, that was a summery about the entire movie. right there.
Xavier E gave it a10:
This movie is WAY over-hated. Yes, the humour and story is so-so, but the point of films is enjoyment, and I enjoyed it, and I'm sure you will too if you can look past these fun-hating critics.
Larry M gave it a0:
Whatever you do,stay away from this movie! Among the worst ever. It's a shame that people receive a paycheck for this type of crap.
Michael W gave it a0:
Any critic who gives this above a thirty should be shot.
