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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Sun-TimesIf you haven't already guessed, Ed is not a great movie. What it is is a fun way to spend 1 1/2 hours not thinking. [15 Mar 1996, p.33]
- 50Baltimore SunStephen HunterBaltimore SunStephen HunterAbout on the level of an After School Special put together by people in a real hurry to get on with their lives, Ed plays pretty dead for all except the very dumb at heart.
- 38Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisChicago TribuneJohn PetrakisThe biggest script flaw is the curious lack of cause and effect in the relationship between Jack and Ed.
- 38USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkPut an infinite number of monkeys in front of an infinite number of word processors, and one of them may indeed write War and Peace, as the old theory goes. But more likely, they'll come up with something like David Mickey Evans' screenplay for Ed. [15 Mar 1996, p.5D]
- 25San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackIt's forgettable matinee fodder.
- 25Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonEd...is thrown together with such little concern for originality or its audience, it's appalling.
- What makes Ed such a dreary experience is that literally no one here seems to be trying--someone came up with the hey-let's-put-a-monkey-in-funny-outfits idea and no more creative meetings were called.
- 20The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenOne thing you can say for Ed, a chimpanzee whose baseball-playing expertise propels the Rockets, a minor-league team, to glory: his behavior is a lot more human than any of the other characters in this flimsy, laugh-free family comedy
- 16Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumSome things are funnier than a barrel of monkeys. Most things, frankly. And anything is funnier than Ed.