Mercy 2009

Critics score:
43 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Scott Caan delivers a complex portrait of a womanizing bully with a cream-puff heart. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: With Glenn offscreen for huge sections of the film, Mercy devolves into yet another navel-gazing drama about a glib cad redeemed by the love of a good woman. Read more

Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter: Read more

Michael Ordona, Los Angeles Times: Mercy is a romantic drama with some good qualities -- among them earnestness and strong performances -- but not enough to completely overcome the strain of its cliches. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Scott Caan, of all people, playing a writer of romantic novels? Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I have a problem with movies about men who women cannot resist. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Caan can't seem to play up his strengths. He's a raw talent who needs an editor for his scripts and a strong hand behind the camera guiding him. Mercy gives our guy neither. Read more

Brian Lowry, Variety: Read more

Karina Longworth, Village Voice: Mercy looks like an Urban Outfitters catalog and plays like A Very Special Episode of Entourage, only sporadically convincing that it's taking such form to mobilize a critique of the same. Read more