Metacritic reviews

The movie is Bateman's to steal, however, which he does early and often.

If you want a relationship comedy that feels like last year's stuff, doesn't go far enough in any direction and is made watchable only by an overqualified ensemble, there's The Ex.

The movie is populated by dislikeable individuals doing unpleasant things but isn't redeemed by the vein of viciously black comedy that made "The War of the Roses" and "Bad Santa" such devilish pleasures.

The best jokes in this scattershot screwball satire of job insecurity, upward mobility, political correctness and yuppie marital tensions have claws that leave scratches.

The resulting hodgepodge has the feel of filmmaking by committee, the look of last-minute reshoots and the whiff of desperation. Not even Braff's cartoonish smirk is distracting enough to hide that.

For a comedy, it's not really funny.

It's a pretty twisted concept, bordering on offensive. But mostly it's just not funny.

A half-baked comedy torn between sincere emotion and over-the-top outrageousness.

Originally titled "Fast Track" when it was scheduled to open last January, neither the wait nor the new title makes it worthwhile. The only fast track here is the one to home video.

A stunningly insipid romance, marks an all-time low for actor Zach Braff -- his "Gigli," if you will.