Delivery Man 2013

Christy Lemire, ChristyLemire.com: The schlubby, aw-shucks look on Vaughn's face in the omnipresent Delivery Man ads tells you everything you need to know about the ooey-gooey direction in which the film is headed. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Basically a kinder, gentler Vince Vaughn movie for people who don't like Vince Vaughn movies, "Delivery Man'' trades the abrasive comedian's trademark snark for schmaltz - an experiment that actually works better than you'd guess. Read more

Soren Anderson, Seattle Times: With its laughs few and far between, "Delivery Man" is simply, sadly, not that funny. Or original. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: "Delivery Man" is virtually nothing like a Vince Vaughn movie, but rather a heartfelt celebration of the act of parenthood presented under radically exaggerated circumstances. Read more

A.A. Dowd, AV Club: More accustomed to slinging insults than beaming with paternal pride, [Vaughn] makes sincerity look as uncomfortable as constipation. "Feel-good" does not come easily for the guy. Read more

Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic: With its edges sandpapered smooth, the story about an affable loser discovering he has fathered 533 children is rendered ludicrously feel-good and nonsensical. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: "Delivery Man" offers a kinder, gentler Vince Vaughn in a pleasantly ramshackle comedy several rungs below his usual fare in both budget and high-concept assault tactics. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: This must be the sweetest comedy Vaughn has ever made, and he's in top form throughout, especially trading barbs with Chris Pratt as his friend and overmatched attorney. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: The rhythm of the picture feels predetermined by the original, and you can tell, even if you haven't seen "Starbuck." Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: It's all far-fetched, silly and light. But then it's supposed to be. Read more

Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: A limp-noodle story about an unlikable guy who manages to grow up and become a marginally less unlikable guy. Read more

Laremy Legel, Film.com: The moral here is that you should never try to learn the identity of your biological father because he might be Vince Vaughn. Read more

Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter: Vince Vaughn gives his all as a prolific sperm donor in this fluffy, innocuous comedy. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: Let's just say, whatever your mood going in, you will likely feel a good deal better coming out. Read more

Amy Nicholson, L.A. Weekly: America has successfully exported the slacker and now is getting him bounced back to us like crabs. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: [An] overly sweet but heart-tugging comedy. Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: A golden comic premise, directed to dross by Ken Scott, who also made the Canadian original ("Starbuck," from 2011) on which this Vince Vaughn vehicle is based. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Vaughn never quite convinces as the perpetual slacker in this blue-collar family (he doesn't even look like he's from the same gene pool) and too many of the characters feel puppeteered into place; you can see all the strings. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Vaughn is one of those actors who tends to autopilot his way through too many mediocre projects. When he goes all in, though, it's impossible to resist his charm. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: A soggy comedy more focused on stimulating your tear ducts than your funny bone. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Delivery Man, with its democratic band of half-siblings and its feel-good view of humankind, is what it is: a reproductive remake that will make you laugh. More than once or twice. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Calling Delivery Man a "comedy" is a bit of a stretch, because it's rarely funny. Dumb, yes, but not in a way that's worthy of more than a half-hearted chuckle. Read more

Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: Softer and schmaltzier than the original. Vince Vaughn has played this guy before, to better effect. Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Delivery Man is one joke stretched to the breaking point. Mine was reached. Read more

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: "Delivery Man" is nowhere near the worst film of 2013, but it is definitely the most exhausting. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The low-key appeal of the original is replaced here by aggressive mugging, a rinky-dink "funny" score, fake uplift and an overall air of feeble banality. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Delivery Man" is stuck in the tow-away zone. Read more

Adam Nayman, Globe and Mail: Delivery Man can be pegged as yet another in a seemingly endless series of Apatow-era man-child redemption stories ... Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: It's hard to tell the same joke twice. There's really just one too many offspring in this scenario, and it's Delivery Man. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Offers comedy and sentimentality in equal doses and, unfortunately, equal efficacy -- the jokes, the characters and the situations aren't very funny, and the would-be heart-tuggery is mostly embarrassing. Read more

Sam Adams, Time Out: If this remake of 2011's French-Canadian hit Starbuck feels as if it's just going through the motions, Vaughn himself radiates sincerity and good intention. The actor doesn't get it right this time, but he's earned himself another chance. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: The concept's execution is sloppy, full of inconsistencies and plot holes. The situations teeter on funny, but never achieve it. And sections meant to be heartwarming feel lukewarm, far-fetched or inappropriately comical. Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: Nothing quite seems to fit, as if the movie's been assembled from bits and pieces of other movies. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: "Starbuck" was a funny and warm-hearted trifle. So is "Delivery Man." Read more