“An attractive proposition let down by a cack hand.” Hugh Langley, Little White Lies

“You can see the veins standing out on the heads of Rebecca Hall and Catherine Zeta-Jones as they strive to make sense of a script that has no time for logic or consistency.” Donald Clarke, Irish Times

“I can scarcely remember a film where someone as massively-talented as the young British actress Rebecca Hall has clearly worked so hard to inject some life into proceedings and to such little avail.” Graham Young, Birmingham Mail

“The dialogue is shrill, the emotional moments are foghorned with deafening musical cues, and every scene is lit like an advert for orange juice.” Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph

“Like a loud guest at a party who’s amusing for a while, until you just have to escape to the next room.” Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

“This is one of those comedies where, actually, nothing very funny happens.” Stella Papamichael, Digital Spy

“Those of us who still venerate Frears as a pioneer of British indie cinema in the ‘80s pine for him to have higher goals than a ditzy true-crime romp, but maybe that’s our problem rather than his.” Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com