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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzWhenever the movie reaches for poetry it lands somewhere in a chain drugstore's greeting card aisle, trying to choose between one that shows an adorable child laughing in a Photoshopped field of sunlit daisies, one that tries for gallows humor but isn't really that funny, and a third with a quote about mortality and wisdom only seems thoughtful because it's written in cursive.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreScreenwriter Bill Dubuque — forget that name — illustrates Dane’s sense of responsibility and victimhood by scribbling the clunkiest, clumsiest, most tin-eared “sex” scene in the history of the big screen. If that online screenwriting course offers a refund, pal, GRAB it.
- 30VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveySparing no maudlin contrivance in a quest to jerk tears that remain stubbornly dry, this hokum is slickly executed by producer Mark Williams in his feature directorial debut. But the result never rises above polished plastic, formulaic, and pedestrian.
- 20The GuardianNigel M SmithThe GuardianNigel M SmithIt’s run-of-the-mill, and crassly manipulative.
- 10The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA loathsome redemption tale that rings false on every front except when depicting capitalistic assholery (and sometimes fails to convince us even then), Williams' directing debut The Headhunter's Calling (from a script by former corporate headhunter Bill Dubuque) not only expects us to root for its unlovable protagonist, but expects us to do so when that man is played by Gerard Butler.
- 10Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAlternately crass and treacly, overbearing and under-finessed, the film, penned by headhunter-turned-screenwriter Bill Dubuque and directed by Mark Williams, is on life support from get-go.