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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreThe Joneses manages a deft blend of the sexy, the sad and the silly. And Borte doles out his secrets and surprises in ways that make it easy to keep up with these Joneses.
- 75Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallExcept for slipping on a third-act soapbox, The Joneses is a deft allegory of the greed and coveting that led to the recession. At times, you wonder if something like this scam could really happen, or does.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliSolid performances from David Duchovny (in a cleaned-up version of his Californication character), Demi Moore (defying age), Ben Hollingsworth, and Amber Heard can't save the movie when the screenplay goes as limp as a noodle and turns into a long string of clichés.
- 60Boxoffice MagazineSteve RamosBoxoffice MagazineSteve RamosBorte supports his jewel of a story idea with dead-on casting, stunning images and product placement that's intentionally heavy-handed.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThis cautionary tale might be easier to swallow if all that stuff didn't look like it came from a Sky Mall catalog.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenWhat could have been a biting black comedy taking product placement to the logical extreme instead is so obviously predictable that even a savvy cast led by David Duchovny and Demi Moore can't sell it.
- 50VarietyVarietyIf The Joneses were pure farce, which it isn't, Borte could have gotten away with a lot. Likewise, the picture might have succeeded if it were all a bit funnier and a little less mean-spirited about spending, debt and envy.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhat plays hard and dark for the film's first half goes squishy and blindingly bright as calamity and then outright tragedy lead to the saw-it-coming resolution writer-director Derrick Borte thinks is more sincere than it actually plays.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertEither this is a tragic family or a satirical one, and the film seems uncertain which way to jump.
- 40Time OutTime OutThe spot-on cast almost holds the movie together, but whatever potential this timely premise has is wasted on reworking the same gag about overconsumption.