Dallas Observer's Scores    • Movies For 1,519 reviews, this
publication has graded:   • 47% higher than the average critic
• 3% same as the average critic   • 50% lower than the average
critic Average Movie review score: 58 Highest review score: 100
About Schmidt Lowest review score: 0 Coyote Ugly Score
distribution: 1,519 movie reviews   2. The movie's a bust in
myriad ways, especially because almost every scene possesses the
oily feel of manipulation and condescension.   3. Has its heart
in the right place, but its head seems to be lost in a swirling
maelstrom of teen movies that have come before.   4. The title
pretty much says it all: syrupy romantic comedy dripping with
unearned sentiment.   5. It's dull enough to make a Mormon
fidget.     • 59 Metascore     • 40 Critic Score   7. Everything
that happens proves just as predictable as before.   8. A little
too loud, and a lot too boring.   9. A particularly painful
event for those of us weaned on Brooks' earliest films, Saturday
Night Live shorts and v