What begins as a genuinely humorous dark comedy gradually falters as seriousness takes over.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 28, 2020

The sleeper hit of the summer, THE ANSWER MAN is the answer for some movie magic!

Full Review | Nov 6, 2019

A romantic comedy that is more or less a poor facsimile of the plot of As Good as it Gets.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 10, 2019

The Answer Man is reaching for something but never quite grasps it.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 12, 2016

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Breezy and entertaining...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2010

While The Answer Man has a meandering pace and ultimately goes precisely where you think it will, first-timer Hindman makes the journey pleasant among these literate and interesting folk.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 27, 2009

Thanks to a stupendously inept finale it ends up going nowhere, and by the time it fades to black the only question I had was what could have potentially been changed to salvage it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 14, 2009

Watchable and occasionally endearing, but it's frustrating when our good will is tested by greeting-card sentiment and assembly-line clichs.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 8, 2009

These are FATAL flaws in the screenplay -- not rooting for the romance to work and not rooting for the lead to find redemption. I wanted God to strike Arlen Faber down in the street.

Full Review | Aug 7, 2009

An earnest, banal, not-quite-satire of New Age wisdom that evolves into a psychobabbling romantic drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 6, 2009

Well-meaning rubbish is still rubbish.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 6, 2009

How much more interesting is a film like (500) Days of Summer, which is about the complexities of life, in comparison with this one, which cheerfully cycles through the cliches.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 6, 2009

The Answer Man is a perfect example of an Intelligent Bad Movie, easy to take, promising along the way ... And then things start to go wrong.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 31, 2009

First-time director/screenwriter John Hindman seems aware of how predictable his premise could be, and despite a plot hole or two, he's put together a smart script with likable characters and lively dialogue that subverts the obvious clichs.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 30, 2009

An unpretentious, subtle story of one man's redemption.

Full Review | Jul 29, 2009

You have a likable cast, an engaging enough story with a few moments of both humor and emotional honesty.

Full Review | Jul 27, 2009

It almost felt like the characters weren't really reciting dialogue that came from them but rather just simply memorizing it off the script.

Full Review | Jul 27, 2009