Strangers with Candy Critic Reviews

Lives and dies on the strength of individual gags, most of which are clever, but none of which quite make up for the absence of a strong narrative drive. Sometimes being funny isn't enough.Read the full review

If you loved Amy Sedaris before in a golfer-lady wig and inbred chump's grin, you'll maybe love her again here, while wishing she had another TV-episode-size venue for her talentsRead the full review

Devotees of the series, admirers of Ms. Sedaris and fake-news junkies who can never get enough of Mr. Colbert will find reasons to see it and to convince themselves that it is funnier and more satisfying than it really is. Count me in.Read the full review

Fans of the cult TV comedy Strangers with Candy may be happy to catch any sighting of the silly escapades of Amy Sedaris' middle-aged ex-con junkie. But purists will prefer the Comedy Central episodes to this uneven film.Read the full review

Still comic, but bigger isn't better.Read the full review

Offers more laughs than most comedies of recent vintage. But what was subversive on the tube feels muted at feature length.Read the full review

A pic that will delight the previously converted, but, as film is just as hit-and-miss as the series was.Read the full review

Of all ironies, "Strangers" occasionally takes a step in the direction of the after-school specials it's trying to twit; you'll catch it trying to make you feel warm and fuzzy about Jerri.Read the full review

A film that never quite manages to justify its existence.Read the full review