▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁based ▁on ▁reviews ▁from ▁ 2 7 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" gener ally ▁unf avor able ▁reviews ". ▁ ▁Aud ien ces ▁survey ed ▁by ▁Cinema Score ▁gave ▁B agg age ▁Cla im ▁an ▁A - ▁grade . ▁ ▁O wen ▁G le iber man ▁of ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁wrote : ▁" Pa ula ▁Pat ton ▁is ▁such ▁a ▁ter r ific ▁actress ▁that ▁even ▁in ▁the ▁ult ra - t ack y ▁rom antic ▁comedy ▁B agg age ▁Cla im , ▁she ▁gives ▁a ▁l umin ous , ▁thought - out ▁performance , ▁not ▁just ▁walking ▁through ▁but ▁dig ging ▁into ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁an ▁eager , ▁nerv ous ▁do orm at ▁with ▁a ▁people - ple asing ▁gr in ." ▁Sh eri ▁L inden ▁of ▁The ▁Hollywood ▁Re porter ▁wrote : ▁" A ▁few ▁smart ▁laugh s ▁hint ▁at ▁what ▁might ▁have ▁been , ▁but ▁thanks ▁to ▁sit com - y ▁m ug ging ▁and ▁a ▁te pid ness ▁beneath ▁the ▁intended ▁h ilar ity , ▁David ▁E . ▁Tal bert ’ s ▁rom antic ▁comedy ▁is ▁stuck ▁in ▁a ▁holding ▁pattern ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁its ▁running ▁time ." ▁Peter ▁D ebru ge ▁of ▁Vari ety ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁in ▁particular ▁writer ▁and ▁director ▁David ▁E . ▁Tal bert , ▁saying ▁" inst ead ▁of ▁finding ▁a ▁fresh ▁spin ▁on ▁old ▁cl ich es , ▁he ▁merely ▁repe ats ▁them " ▁and ▁he ▁" has n ’ t ▁quite ▁figured ▁out ▁how