Man of the House (2005) Critic Reviews

More than passably amusing.Read the full review

God-natured comedy.Read the full review

uUninspired, unnecessary and formulaic.Read the full review

A winningly restrained lead performance by Tommy Lee Jones, who also exec produced, isn't enough to put the film on the boxoffice scoreboard.Read the full review

So light it should wind up on the ''diet" shelf of the video store.Read the full review

Walking the path grooved by such stone-faced confreres as De Niro and Schwarzenegger (and following up on his own more successful self-parody in "Men in Black"), Jones positions himself as a Man in a Stetson.Read the full review

Jones' role, on the other hand, only requires him to look embarrassed at all times, which shouldn't have been too hard to pull off, considering the circumstances. Is that what they call "method" acting?Read the full review

It's got a lot of small movies bouncing around inside it, but there's no big movie on the outside.Read the full review

Nearly every one of the film's emotional scenes is too predictable to hit its mark, but Mr. Jones's dry delivery has its moments.Read the full review