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 "What could and should have been biting and droll is instead a tepid waste of time and talent."
-- Robert Wilonsky, NEW TIMES
"There are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations. Where's the movie here?"
-- Shirley Sealy, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
 "Without blowing the jokes we can say that, if you have found that your sense of humor fit well with Christopher Guest's screen outings, you'll find yourself in the flow with Shearer as well."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
"Dignified CEO's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree. Can you bear the laughter?"
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"When one hears Harry Shearer is going to make his debut as a film director, one would hope for the best"
-- Edward Havens, FILMJERK.COM
"An ugly, pointless, stupid movie."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
-- "Doesn't quite work as a comedy but a buried level of satire makes a good target out of the news media."
-- Joshua Tanzer, OFFOFFOFF
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"Most of the film feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for Shearer's radio show and his Simpson voice-overs."
-- Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
"A beyond-lame satire, Teddy Bears' Picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
"The satire is unfocused, while the story goes nowhere."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Too much of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped."
-- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES
"It is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess, piss on trees, b.s. one another and put on a show in drag."
-- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"What we get ... is Caddyshack crossed with the Loyal Order of Raccoons."
-- John Anderson, LOS ANGELES TIMES
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* Who are the Approved Tomatometer Critics?
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Teddy Bears' Picnic" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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