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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film ThreatFilm ThreatA very funny comedy. It’s a very funny comedy that almost made me cry.
- 83The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinWith Dad and his last writer-director effort, "Sleeping Dogs Lie," Goldthwait has accomplished the formidable feat of making wry, tender, fundamentally sweet comedies about the human condition that just happen to center on acts of autoerotic asphyxiation and bestiality, respectively. That isn't easy.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe particular stew of midlife and pubescent despair that clogs a single-father male-child household has rarely been achieved so well.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenWith a merciless acuity this nihilistic comedy ridicules collective grief and the news media's cynical marketing of inspirational uplift after a death.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThe picture wobbles a bit before emerging a successful low-key satire of literary fraud and morbid personality cults.
- 67Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerAt around the halfway point the film takes an intriguing swerve, as Kyle is canonized and Lance is unexpectedly launched into celebrityhood. Flashes of deadpan outrageousness occasionally redeem the dourness.
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA tad too long, and takes its sweet time to get to the point. But its twisted heart is in the right place.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThough wildly uneven, the film sometimes comes within screaming distance of the sick ironies of "Heathers." That's how loudly Goldthwait still knows how to yell.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterDunderheaded delirium from writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait.
- 50New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSadly, once the movie shifts gears, it becomes a timid "Donnie Darko."