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Mark Feeney, Boston Globe: Bertrand does his jelly-belly best to keep "Starbuck" a comedy. But even the broadest shtick can't prevent a movie that features a Busby Berkeley-style group hug from becoming a male weepie. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: "Starbuck" is up to its eyeballs in mush. You may want to regurgitate. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: "Starbuck" is more than the sum of its calculations, though not a whole lot more. Read more
Soren Anderson, Seattle Times: Rather than a jolting shot of joe, this French-Canadian comedy is a soothing cup of warm cocoa. Read more
Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader: Director Ken Scott stresses the movie's dude-centric outlook, playing up the anxieties of impending fatherhood, and neglects any sort of maternal perspective, which dumbs down an already moronic premise. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: This is froth, but it's good froth. Read more
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: Opportunities for sentimentality are everywhere, of course, but a comically oversized group hug is about as syrupy as things get. Read more
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times: As amiable art-house fluff, it's a passable way to kill time before the Vince Vaughn American remake later this year. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: "Starbuck" is essentially a situation comedy, but what a situation. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, NPR: Director Ken Scott, who also cowrote the script with Martin Petit, has fashioned a story that starts out low-key and gradually builds in its emotional expansiveness. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: A high-concept goof that's hard-pressed to surmount its twee preposterousness. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: Geniality and mild laughs aren't enough to sustain interest in this predictable effort, especially given the dragged-out running time. Read more
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register: [Starbuck] would be more likable if it were less ingratiating. It didn't have to be so quick to excuse the hero's general, genial incompetence just because he's so doggone lovable and has such studly sperm. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Never mind high concept, this is high conception. Read more
Steven Boone, Chicago Sun-Times: "Starbuck" is one of those high-concept yet formulaic, sitcom-like comedies that gets by on charm and speed. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The film seems aware when it's being shameless ... and its goodhearted generosity is utterly endearing. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A high-concept comedy that peddles some slapstick laughs and life lessons but little insight. Read more
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: An ingratiating comedy based on the premise that it takes a village to raise an adult. Read more
Dave McGinn, Globe and Mail: Scott deftly balances David's ridiculous mission with moments of real tenderness, making for several heartfelt moments that help carry you past the fact that such a situation couldn't possibly have the ending it does. Read more
Ben Walters, Time Out: Its story is formulaic and undisciplined, while its tone is mildly reactionary and hugely sentimental. Read more
Keith Phipps, Time Out: What could have been one long, smutty joke ends up turning into a moving slice of midlife. Read more
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: A wonderfully sweet and poignant comedy that goes in all kinds of unexpected directions. Read more
Jon Frosch, Village Voice: An ostensibly feel-good French-Canadian comedy about artificial insemination gone awry, Ken Scott's Starbuck mainly makes you feel like taking a shower. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: It's silly and a bit sappy, but it works, in a crowd-pleasing way. Read more