Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh Reviews

2.0

38

out of 100

Metascore®
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

  • 80

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    In the film's most flamboyant role, Peter Sarsgaard's devil-ish charisma and cold bluster is frightening.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    VarietyDennis Harvey

    The full warmth and idiosyncrasy of Chabon's original is missed in an adaptation that feels more impersonally observed. But Lawson's pic, (with the director making a left turn from prior feature "Dodgeball," which he says was a money gig undertaken to hasten this dream project) is entertaining and involving enough on its own terms.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

    The movie is all the more artificial because it has been made with great, almost painful, earnestness.

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  • 30

    out of 100

    The New York TimesA.O. Scott

    A clumsy and confused adaptation of Michael Chabon's 1988 novel.

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  • 25

    out of 100

    Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

    A stillborn rendering of Michael Chabon's first novel.

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