Shut Up and Sing 2006

Tasha Robinson, AV Club: The title is the least of the film's problems; far more significant is its failed attempt to make its protagonists endearing instead of obnoxious. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Take out all the elements of The Big Chill that made you like that film and keep the ones that annoyed you and you've got The Wedding Weekend. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: If, when this gang lights into Our Love Is Here to Stay, you feel you've entered a very special chamber in Hell, rest assured you're not alone. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: The actors are well cast and effective. As a film, Sing Now, shot on location, is as attractive as its cast. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: One long sour note. Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Molly Shannon, as the raunchy wife of the group's most reserved member, is the best-known actor in the cast and its most obnoxious. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: A Big Chill without the dynamite acting, Bruce Leddy's debut indie Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace takes the yuppie manifesto's whiny self-absorption and ties it to a sitcom sensibility. Read more

Jessica Grose, Village Voice: [An] uneven romantic comedy. Read more