Avis Metacritic

The movie benefits from a stylish, high-gloss look, a hit-filled soundtrack and up-to-the-minute dialogue (there's even a Korean shop-owner joke) that feels winningly off the cuff.

The real surprise of the movie is Eddie Murphy, who finds his character and stays with him.

The general idea is to exploit a certain amount of role reversal, and Reginald Hudlin, who directed "House Party," does a fairly good job of making this fun.

More interesting than entertaining and too long by far.

This is cornily predictable stuff, but it raises itself on a number of counts, with Murphy's transformation from a self-assured cocksman to bewildered, lovesick drip being approached with greater gusto than might be expected.

The pace is a little too languid, and the vulgarity a little too frequent, for the movie to work as intended.

The funniest parts of this uneven, ostentatiously upscale comedy are those that find Mr. Murphy's Marcus adopting the behavior of a sexually insecure woman.

The film might have worked if the thoroughly selfish characters were striving after something.

What Murphy's doing isn't acting; it's masturbation.

It's not even funny. Nor does it contain half the wit or charm as the old Doris Day sex comedies it so resembles.