film, Roger Ebert gave the film a "thumbs up" rating praising the different performances of Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss onscreen together as well as most of the film's humor. He said it was Bill Murray's best movie since Ghostbusters in 1984. Gene Siskel gave it a "thumbs down" rating and felt Murray gave a very funny and enjoyable performance in the film, but was rather upset by the Dreyfuss character and his angry and arrogant behaviors. He felt it would have been funnier if Dreyfuss had not given such an angry performance in the film and said that Dreyfuss ultimately ruined the film for him. Leonard Maltin also gave the film a favorable review: in Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide he gives the film three stars out of a possible four, saying it's "a very funny outing with Murray and Dreyfuss approaching the relationship of the road runner and the coyote". Maltin faulted the film only for its ending, which he found very abrupt and silly. Lou Cedrone from The Baltimore Sun criticized the film: "It is too predictable and deals with a situation that is more irritating than amusing". See also Anger Management — 2003 buddy comedy film about a businessman and his therapist References External links 1990s black comedy films 1991 comedy films 1991 films American black comedy films 1990s English-language films Films about codependency Films about dysfunctional families Films about psychiatry Films about narcissism Films about vacationing Films directed by Frank Oz Films scored by Miles Goodman Films set in New Hampshire Films set in New York City Films shot in Virginia Films with screenplays by Alvin Sargent Touchstone Pictures films 1990s American films