review aggregation website rotten tomatoes gives the film a score of 29% based on 156 reviews, with an average rating of 4.6/10. the website's critical consensus reads, "despite some amiable performances, "the heartbreak kid" is neither as daring nor as funny as the farrelly brothers' earlier films". on metacritic, the film had an average score of 46 out of 100, based on 30 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". audiences polled by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of "c" on an a+ to f scale.