Noting that there were "occasional, refreshing moments of intergenerational bitchiness", they did not "justify comparisons to All About Eve", and were "insufficiently different to deserve critical parallels with Rashomon".
nˈoʊɾɪŋ ðæt ðɛɹwˈɜː "əkˈeɪʒənəl, ɹᵻfɹˈɛʃɪŋ mˈoʊmənts ʌv ˌɪntɚdʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃənəl bˈɪtʃinəs", ðeɪ dɪdnˈɑːt "dʒˈʌstᵻfˌaɪ kəmpˈæɹɪsənz tʊ ˈɔːl ɐbˌaʊt ˈiːv", ænd wɜː "ɪnsəfˈɪʃəntli dˈɪfɹənt tə dɪzˈɜːv kɹˈɪɾɪkəl pˈæɹəlˌɛlz wɪð ɹˈæʃɑːmən".