“…Schumer enlivens the Apatow formula without sacrificing her particular brand of confessional comedy.”

“Dope may know what identities it wants to subvert, but it’s not quite sure what identity it wants to have.”

“Melissa McCarthy finally gets a decent star vehicle.”

“Architecture does much of the satirical work here.”

“…very little feels organic about the film, starting with Stiller and Watts as the central couple.”

“…doesn’t just remember or understand what it’s like to be a teenager. The Breakfast Club embodies the experience.”

“Pretension is kept at bay by the fact that whenever someone is holding court, the others in the scene barely seem to be listening.”

“…one of those laser-sharp character portraits with such an incisive bead on its central figure that you sit, transfixed, by his every move.”

“It’s astonishing, and a bit sad really, how prescient Real Life is.”

“…mixes the documentary format with fantasy elements to create some fantastically funny stuff.”