We were not expecting “Dinner for Schmucks” to attract raves on the order of “Inception” – but that’s what’s happening at
Rotten Tomatoes, with the comedy clocking in at a strong 89% at press time. “I kept waiting for it to run out of steam or jokes,” said
Marshall Fine. “But it rarely did.”
Hollywood Reporter says, “Steve Carell finds a character more clueless than Michael Scott,” and it called “Schmucks” a “broad laffer redeemed by occasional quirks.”
Emanuel Levy praised the “wonderful rapport between Steve Carell and Paul Rudd.”