The OH in Ohio 2006

Matt Pais, Chicago Tribune: The Oh in Ohio would make a second-rate lover: You'll lose interest a while before it reaches its climax. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: A C- sex comedy with a near A-list cast -- at least in terms of talent -- The Oh in Ohio is one of those movies that promises much but doesn't deliver. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: This is a mindless comedy about sex that is never remotely funny, with a cast that is never remotely sexy, and which, in one case, is downright revolting. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Billy Kent's comedy makes much of masturbation and sexual aids, and, in that spirit, takes great pleasure from its broad, flat self. Read more

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: Posey's such a delight it's easy to appreciate her even in a film as fruitless as The Oh in Ohio. Read more

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The script, which was co-written by director Billy Kent, has the forced 'raciness' of a mid-'70s dinner-theater sex comedy. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: Sex comedies often glean laughs out of sexual humiliation, but when the laughs don't come -- and The Oh In Ohio is devoid of even the mildest chuckles -- all that's left is the humiliation. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: It's a thrill to watch Posey incorporate, at last, some true emotion into her exuberant screwball wit. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Ohio, and Cleveland in particular, deserve much better than this. Read more

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: I felt some of its heroine's pain. She's spent her life waiting for an orgasm. I spent the movie waiting for a plot. Read more

Michael Booth, Denver Post: A vibrator may put the buzz back in the solo sex life, but it tends to suck the life out of any movie not rated with three Xs. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A silly, amusing trifle. Read more

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Unfortunately, writer Adam Wierzbianski, who seems more steeped in the rhythm method of sitcom than the less predictable peaks of screwball, allows the batteries to run down prematurely. Read more

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: It's as if the filmmakers lost their nerve when it came time to write the kind of intimate, revealing conversation that can make a sex toy unnecessary. Read more

Stephen Williams, Newsday: Eventually, the oh's becomes 'zzzzzz's.' Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Sometimes a flop is simply a case of a movie taking a wrong step. In the case of The OH in Ohio, it's a case of never taking a right one. Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: People who complain about the lack of good adult comedies will still be complaining after watching Billy's Kent's The Oh in Ohio. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Comedies for grown-ups, period, are now in such short supply that a good-natured little picture like The Oh in Ohio feels like an anomaly. Read more

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Satire is awfully hard to pull off, but screenwriter Adam Wierzbianski exhibits a flair for it. Read more

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Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times: At the end of the day, Kent and screenwriter Adam Wierzbianski have given us a mildly amusing premise, but fail to turn it into a story that takes us anywhere pleasurable. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: Blurs the line between risque and raunchy, often to hilarious effect. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: The Oh in Ohio deserves a dubious distinction award: for turning a woman's quest to achieve her first orgasm into a lackluster comedy. Read more