| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Pretty quickly it disintegrates into a mishmash of character caricatures competing for airtime in which to spit out overly quirky dialogue in predictable set-ups.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Aug 23, 2008

While the light and whimsical comic timing of the leads carry the film far, even they cannot blind us to Gray Matters' many shortcomings.

| Original Score: 4/11 | Feb 28, 2008

Graham carries this for a while, but Kramer spends entirely too much time weakly satirizing Graham's job at an advertising agency, where Molly Shannon's a kvetching coworker.

| Dec 3, 2007

Forgettable coming-out comedy for older teens.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 1, 2007

...an amiable misfire.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 20, 2007

In its genre writer-director Sue Kramer's film sets a new record for bright shining peepers and dimply smirks. It's enough to kill Buster Keaton's entire family.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 30, 2007

Despite being bogged down by several distracting, extended dance numbers, this zany farce has just enough momentum and surprises along the way to hold one's interest for the duration. But it'll help immeasurably if you're a devotee of daytime soap operas.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 28, 2007

Gray's matters are pretty mundane, to tell you the truth

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 14, 2007

Decked out in its fondness for old Hollywood films and American songbook standards, Gray Matters borrows the wallpaper from a Nancy Meyers movie to decorate its empty room.

| Original Score: D- | Mar 27, 2007

Gray Matters feels dated: Gray's self-identity confusion is less "adorable" than annoying, and both she and Charlie appear exceptionally clueless about what's going on.

| Mar 17, 2007

Much too eager to please rather than dealing with the messier issues around sexual identity.

Full Review | Mar 13, 2007

I can't recommend it for gay audiences, the presumed target demographic, because they are likely to find it innocuous at best and downright insulting at worst.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 10, 2007

The writing isn't sharp enough for the film to work as comedy, nor are the characters real enough for the audience to connect emotionally.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 9, 2007

First-time director Sue Kramer allows [Graham] to mug her way through every scene. You find yourself constantly wanting to cry out: 'Heather, please, a little less!'

| Original Score: C | Mar 9, 2007

All the characters feel superficial, a sensation heightened by a roster of too-cute secondary characters.

Full Review | Mar 9, 2007

[Heather Graham's] never looked better, despite the unflattering digital video format, which makes it all the more tragic that she's not appearing in better material.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 9, 2007

There is, one has to assume, a pretty good old-fashioned screwball comedy in all this, but director-writer Sue Kramer seems to have grown up watching Rhoda so Graham, usually a capable actress, has not a word of actual dialogue, only gag lines.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 9, 2007

Nearly every scene of this movie rings hollow, mainly because we can never really believe that what we're seeing up on the screen could truly happen.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 9, 2007

This movie falls into the gray area between good and just okay.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 9, 2007