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Did You Hear About the Morgans?

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Did You Hear About the Morgans? reviews
27
1.6 User Score:

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)

What The Critics Said

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75

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.

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70

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.

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60

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.

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60

Empire Olly Richards

Neither good nor bad. Scales dizzying new heights of okay. Aims for mediocrity... and nails it.

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50

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.

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50

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.

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42

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.

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40

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.

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40

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.

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38

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Did You Hear about the Morgans? Yes and, to be perfectly frank, I wish I had been spared the experience.

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38

USA Today Claudia Puig

Everything about this fish-out-of-water romp is tired.

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38

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.

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38

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joe Williams

Given the creator and the cast, "Morgans" is as drearily predictable as a plague of locusts.

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38

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Here is a movie with everything going for it and nothing working.

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38

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.

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33

Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell

The movie's a fish-out-of-water romantic-comedy thriller that forgets to be romantic, comedic or thrilling.

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30

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.

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30

Time Richard Corliss

The movie is like a car wreck in which no one is injured but the onlookers.

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30

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

Soporific comedy.

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25

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.

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25

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Sometimes it's unpleasant, sometimes it's insincere, and for long stretches it's boring.

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25

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.

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25

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.

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25

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

Did you hear about the Morgans? Trust me, you don't want to.

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20

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

A forgettable and lackluster fish-out-of-water rom-com.

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10

New York Daily News Joe Neumaier

The loping pace, inconsistent tone and lack of imagination are all deadly.

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0

Salon.com Mary Elizabeth Williams

"Morgans" does bear the distinction of boasting the sourest cast ever assembled outside of a Lars Von Trier production.

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0

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

It's not just the sound of crickets you hear watching this movie. It's the sound of dead crickets.

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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.

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