The To Do List

  • 2013


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56 % Rotten
$ 3 Million
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Positive Reviews 55
Negative reviews 17
Average Rating 3.1/5
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3.2
But the film should win her some fans, if for no other reason than it shatters the glass ceiling of cumming of age comedies. Av Club
4.5
The To Do List is a lusty laugher determined to please you with more gags than an S&M orgy. Den Of Geek
4.2
Careys celebratory approach to bawdy one liners marries form with content. Indie Wire
4.5
Maggie Carey has created a film that perfectly exploits gross out sexual gags and awkward teenage romance perfectly for big screen laughs, as I was le .. We Got This Covered
1.5
While first time writer/director (and University of Texas alum) Maggie Careys The To Do List inserts a perfunctory grope at a message, this really isn .. Austin Chronicle
3.5
But girls loss of virginity.That is a tale less told, at least in American mainstream cinema; when the topic does come up, its usually treated as a ca .. Austin Chronicle
1.5
Though the blend of genre tropes and more serious points isnt always smooth, the film represents a promising big screen debut for Carey, best known up .. Screen Daily
3.0
First time feature writer director Maggie Carey throws plenty of sex slang and some fairly raunchy action into the proceedings but leaves out the nudi .. Screen Daily
1.5
Unfortunately, the pay off on this fresh angle doesnt amount to more than Brandy actually announcing what shes learned from her experiences. Collider
4.0
In that sense, it resembles The Heat and its female riff on the buddy cop comedy genre.And like The Heat, like Bridesmaids, it works not because its a .. Vulture
2.7
The To Do List wants to be American Pie for girlsits even set in the 90sbut writer director Maggie Careys comedy isnt nearly as raunchy as it claims.W .. Paste Magazine
3.1
The To Do List settles for surface and cartoony rather than deep and heartfelt. Rogerebert
3.5
Fun spin on the teen sex comedy.The term female raunchy comedy has been bandied about a lot in the past few years, especially since the success of Bri .. IGN
2.0
I admit that quibbling over the casts ages in a teen movie is low hanging fruit for a critic, but in The To Do List the fruit is hanging so low it cou .. Telegraph
2.0
Yes, the female point of view is refreshing, but when Carey whos likely to hit the sweet spot on her next film attempts to give the film heart, it fee .. Ny Daily News
3.0
The setup may not be as original as it would have been back in the time of the films 1993 setting but there are enough clever pop culture references a .. Screen Rant
4.0
It is not an idealized portrait of the first time like The Notebook.Given this context, The To Do Lists depiction of a bumbling brainiac stumbling ont .. Philly
2.5
10 1 5 / 10 The To Do List represents a change of perspective for the average sex comedy, taking a female POV in a genre typically dominated by the dr .. Blu Ray
2.0
This raunchy teen comedy is novel insofar as it recasts familiar gross out gags from a female perspective; otherwise its basically an American Pie kno .. Chicago Reader
3.1
Carey is smarter than that, with a less romanticized point to make. Mark Reviews Movies
3.5
Ill admit I laughed several times at some of the material. But considering the rare gender reversal approach at telling a tale in the sex comedy genre .. Screen It
3.8
If youre all about hand jobs, blow jobs and finger banging, you cant do better than the deliciously dirty fun of The To Do List.Maggie Carey scores a .. Rolling Stone
3.5
And if the film had more spark to it, we might have had some memorable moments from terrific comedy players like Mintz Plasse and Glover as well.Even .. Shadows On The Wall
1.5
The To Do List, unfortunately, wastes its opportunity and its talented players for a teen farce thats both unfunny and unsexy.It is to comedy what an .. The Wrap
3.0
Fortunately, the gags come thick and fast, with an effective blend of both physical comedy and one liners, so for every misjudged gross out gag (one a .. View London
1.3
In The To Do List, high school valedictorian Brandy Klark resolves to lose her virginity before heading to Georgetown for college.Everyone else is doi .. News Day
4.5
The film also boasts the best comedy ensemble film work since Waiting and Horrible Bosses.Stunning Rachel Bilson gives a blooming, breakout screen per .. Film Journal
1.0
Yet writer/director Maggie Careys clodhopping coming of age yarn merely proves that terrible teen movies are now a source of equal ops embarrassment f .. The Guardian
3.0
The film is flush with done to death gross out gags, bodily fluids serving as too many punch lines. Az Central
3.8
Taking place largely at the pool where Brandy lands a job as a lifeguard, The To Do List is a summer adventure comedy, and its tone is fairly syntheti .. Ew
3.0
But Aubrey Plazas performance is a slightly guilty summer delight, along the lines of a bittersweet but delicious frozen chocolate bar, and Maggie Car .. Salon
2.5
Well leave aside the fact that the 29 year old Plaza is at least a decade too old to be playing a high school senior, since there is a venerable tradi .. Slate
3.0
Needless to say, the film remains familiar to anyone who has ever watched a teen movie, from Superbad to Easy A via The Way, Way Back and more, but it .. Flim List
2.0
Theres an unsure quality to Maggie Careys debut film.It suggests a desire to be raunchy, but the sex scenes are coy and it gets giggly over words like .. Empire
1.3
The To Do List review: Vile and unfunny Brandy (Aubrey Plaza, left) is berated by her sister Amber (Rachel Bilson) for being a virgin in Maggie Careys .. Sf Gate
2.5
If the boys can have their American Pie and eat it too, then surely the girls deserve a lets get laid yukfest as well. Slant Magazine
3.1
The film is exacting in its depiction of the era of dot matrix printers and clear plastic telephones, scrunchies and skorts.But just when the movie ru .. Washington Post
2.0
Nothing wrong with that except The To Do List doesnt have any other ideas in their head. Express
3.8
Maggie Careys screenplay and direction contains as much wit as it does energy. The Film Stage
3.1
Carey, strictly a newbie behind the camera but a talented writer, takes the sting out of the most painfully awkward sequences through the casting. Chicago Tribune
3.2
The film is raunchy, but not vulgar, and until an unnecessarily preachy climactic moment, very funny. Reeling Reviews
3.5
That said, it doesnt quite live up to the caliber of the talent involved, but is still a mostly enjoyable coming of age story. Blogs Indie Wire
5.3
How much you like it will largely depend on your tolerance for verbally and visually graphic sex jokes. Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
The Haunting of Hill House ending explained everything you need to know after watching Feature The Haunting of Hill House ending leaves a lot of quest .. Total Film
3.8
Silly boy.The To Do List is uneven but its consistent comedic quotient gets it through some rough patches. ReelViews
4.5
So with consistently entertaining characters and infectious humor, writer director Maggie Careys Black List script is already punching well above its .. Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Careys script consistently lets down its talented cast and instead of a more risque coming of age story, the one note characters are so unlikable its .. Lyles Movie Files
2.5
So, no surprise, Careys chick version of losing ones virginity does not go soft on the salacious. Los Angeles Times
3.5
All of which makes The To Do List just promising enough for you to wish it were even better. Variety
2.5
Its a rather standard premise that is, at the outset, employed to nigh disastrous effect by Headland, as the filmmaker devotes much of the movies firs .. Reel Film
2.0
Carey may have missed a great opportunity for some much needed genre subversion. Movie Habit
2.5
The picture rides on the dry comic skills of Parks and Recreatio ns Aubrey Plaza , the engaging actress who was a pure delight in clever indie Safety .. The Star
2.5
Theres a potentially innovative teen comedy in here somewhere, but its surrounded by one thats much duller. Oregon Live
2.5
The To Do List feels tailor made for Aubrey Plazas deadpan delivery, but never quite manages to hit its stride despite an impressive supporting cast a .. Movies Tv Guide
3.5
Anything men can do women can do dirtier, funnier, fresher, since distaff raunchiness shows no signs of going stale and isnt contained to Melissa McCa .. Tamp A Bay
4.4
The To Do List doesnt reinvent the wheel; we all know the summer that changed everything trope. But its startling when you realize how rare it is to s .. New York Post
2.5
Thats realness that can be real funny, but it does not improve next to scenes like Brandy foolishly taking a bite out of poop in a pool, believing it .. Red Eye Chicago
3.8
Its refreshing to see the whole super horny and confused teenager tale told from a womans perspective, but if that was the only thing this film had to .. Cleve Land
3.0
Maybe it takes a while to get on its very low budget, kinda low stakes wavelength.But, to the characters it isnt low stakes. Screen Crush
4.0
This movie is smarter and better acted and just plain funnier than most of its predecessors in the my first time genre, no matter which sex is losing .. Ny Times
3.1
Its a disappointing way to close a teen film that had earned the right to cross the finish line with more dignity than what writer director Maggie Car .. Dustin Put Man
3.5
In the end, the film is both too cold and too nice for its own good. Contact Music
2.5
Aubrey Plazas deadpan affect would seem to have limited comic potential. Hollywood And Fine
4.5
The funniest, smartest American comedy in years. Its destined to become a cult classic. Nyc Movie Guru
2.5
But they are not enough to save a movie that lacks narrative momentum and doesnt add up to anything but a series of really dirty jokes. Js Online
2.5
But the nostalgia piece shares space with a frank, often funny tale of falling into sexual experience. The Dissolve
2.5
The pic projects a sense of contentedness, as if its creators were happy with themselves just for constructing a female oriented romp thats not a carb .. Cinemix Tape
3.8
What you might not expect is that the results are a special type of comedy thats clearly a labor of love for everyone involved and it shows. ComingSoon
3.5
Its a little too silly to sustain a significant character journey, but The To Do List is still a successful overload of nostalgic and incredibly raunc .. Shockya
3.8
The timing all around is sublime, with a fast paced approach to keep up with current comedy rhythms. Crave Online
3.0
I understand original ideas are realistically few and far between but I really do not mind watching something formulaic either, so long as the executi .. What Culture
3.5
The feature film debut from TV writer Maggie Carey is much smarter and funnier than the premise or trailers might lead you to believe. Under The Radar Mag
4.0
Mixing Gloria Steinem and gross out gags with messy aplomb, first time writer/director Maggie Carey has created a landmark romcom where a girls happy .. Metro
3.0
Its funny, but could have been funnier.Its clever, but botches golden opportunities to deliver a memorable, poignant one liner. Blog Bullz Eye
3.8
But the blank faced Plaza never lets up and never lets on that Brandy is on anything less than a quest for life experience, liberation and dare we hop .. Wp Me
4.0
The joke wears out in less than a half hour but youve got another 70 plus minutes of utterly predictable antics to go. Honey Cutts Hollywood
3.0
Working through an epic naughty list with an anthropologists curiosity, Brandy is arguably a model of female empowerment. Sky
3.8
The To Do List is a funny movie, but only if youre not easily offended. Miami
3.5
Its... got more insight and honesty behind its use of expletives than any other piece of writing to hit the screen this summer, and as a result, the h .. O Canada
2.2
Even fans of girls can be gross comedies like The Heat should find this mechanical premise alienating. Oc Register
3.1
It feels more like a John Hughes movie than some wild American Pie romp. Dc5
1.0
Even when the jokes dont land, the sheer likability of the cast keeps the audience engaged. Television Without Pity
3.0
The To Do List basically plays by the same rules as previous sex comedies, and its attempts to be truly transgressive are either tiresome or just flat .. Ifc
3.0
Of course, and how Brandy achieves her goal is quite often laugh out loud funny.But this is no Bridesmaids, and 29 year old Plaza making believe shes .. Culture Catch
3.8
With the approach of Black Friday which has actually become Black Turkey Day comes an extra sense of urgency on game and movie shelves. Co Ed



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