`` The New York Times '' found the film `` maddeningly uneven '' , adding , `` It 's rare to see so many moments of grace followed by so many stumbles and fumbles , or to see intelligence and discretion undone so thoroughly by glibness and grossness .
A. O. Scott of `` The New York Times '' said `` It 's rare to see so many moments of grace followed by so many stumbles and fumbles , or to see intelligence and discretion undone so thoroughly by glibness and grossness .