Irresistible
critic Reviews
, 40% Rotten Tomatometer Score- A soft political satire that proves frustratingly less than the sum of its talented parts, Irresistible is anything but.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJake WilsonThe Age (Australia)
It's plain all along that Stewart has little interest in his characters and their troubles except as a means for him to score didactic points, primarily about the evils of unrestricted campaign financing.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAngie HanFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
I don't think it works well as a drama or a comedy. It's not especially funny... There's a good message here, but it's buried under a lot of stuff that doesn't work.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreNick SchagerThe Daily Beast
In desperate need of ruthless incisiveness, it goes soft at every turn.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRoxana HadadiPajiba
Jon Stewart can't actually be bothered to show us any diversity throughout Irresistible, and it's a failing of the film that shows his own ideological narrowness.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCharlotte O'SullivanLondon Evening Standard
Irresistible is hugely diverting and sporadically profound. At the very end, though, it takes the path of least resistance and - dagnammit! - lets everyone off the hook.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDonald ClarkeIrish Times
The final impression is of a thesis only partially expanded into satisfactory dramedy.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreManuel São BentoMSB Reviews
Irresistible owns a bold, intelligent idea that despite being unrealistically absurd, it carries an impactful message that I’d love to have seen explored on a deeper level, and not just in the last fifteen minutes.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJuan Pablo RussoEscribiendoCine
... Unfortunately, the film can't maintain its cynical and unbuttoned tone throughout and it only appears in flashes. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreM.N. MillerReady Steady Cut
The entire purpose of Jon Stewart’s Irresistible seems to be an exercise on how both sides can p*ss into the wind without getting their pants wet.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreZoë Rose BryantLoud and Clear Reviews
Irresistible is a clever and consistently comical commentary on the disconnect between today’s political parties and the people they swear to serve, strengthend by Jon Stewart's witty writing.
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