 Many critics also praised Colfer's debut as a screenwriter.Lisa Schwarzbaum of "Entertainment Weekly" gave the movie a B−, writing, "After his lofty aspirations to write for "The New Yorker" are cut painlessly and semi-amusingly short by a freak encounter with lightning, Carson looks back on his so-called life with the gently rueful wisdom that is frequently granted young dead people in flashback tales like this one.The message?