David Lamble Bay Area Reporter May 12, 2020

Writer David Vernon and director George Bamber have adroitly mined the best gags and one-liners from the strip, surrounded Ethan with a Dawson's Creek-quality supporting ensemble...

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Dave White Movies.com Jul 6, 2010 B

Lead characters who are completely unlikable fly right in the face of what most filmmakers think the audience wants. But I'll take that any day over a blandly nice character.

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Desson Thomson Washington Post Aug 10, 2006

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green can't be accused of false advertising. This adaptation of the underground comic strip is mostly unfabulous.

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Marrit Ingman Austin Chronicle Aug 6, 2006 2/5

There's just not enough real heart to go along with the cutesiness.

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Moira MacDonald Seattle Times Aug 4, 2006 2/4

George Bamber's film is bouncy and agreeable but has a certain flatness to it; never making the case for its existence as a movie rather than a comic strip.

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Bill White Seattle Post-Intelligencer Aug 3, 2006 D

The drawings of Eric Orner's comic strip on which the movie is based are more animated than the actors who fail to give any dimension to their characters.

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Connie Ogle Miami Herald Jul 28, 2006 1.5/4

Tiresome romantic comedy that reinforces every imaginable gay stereotype.

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Chris Hewitt St. Paul Pioneer Press Jul 27, 2006 1/4

With its unpleasant characters, inconsistent script and awkward acting, what's not to hate?

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Laura Kelly South Florida Sun-Sentinel Jul 27, 2006 2/4

The title does its own summing up: mostly, it's unfab.

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Wesley Morris Boston Globe Jul 21, 2006 1.5/4

This feels like a school play that someone has dragged to film school and turned into a final project.

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Bill Stamets Chicago Sun-Times Jul 14, 2006 2.5/4

In his directing debut, David Vernon, formerly a first assistant and second assistant director, opts for the look of a cable TV pilot.

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Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Jul 13, 2006 2/4

The film's tone veers from misjudged sincerity to shrill sketch comedy of the broadest stripe.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Jul 8, 2006 3/4

No, he doesn't have anything terribly important, or even original to say, but he's funny, flighty and adorable, sort of like a gay Holly Golightly.

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David Elliott San Diego Union-Tribune Jun 30, 2006 0/4

'I'm 19, but I'm petulant' somehow sums it up.

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Ruthe Stein San Francisco Chronicle Jun 30, 2006 1/4

With words streaming out of their mouths instead of into bubbles, Ethan and his gang of past, present and future lovers sound laughingly unbelievable.

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Ken Fox TV Guide Jun 16, 2006 2.5/4

Remarkably true to its source: It's none too deep and a tad cartoonish, but also fast-paced, filled with quotable one-liners and often very funny.

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Timothy Knight Reel.com Jun 16, 2006 2.5/4

This bright, fast-paced adaptation of Eric Orner's syndicated gay comic strip may not break any new cinematic ground, but its sharp, zingy wit and underlying sweetness deftly compensate for the occasional awkward patch or glaring narrative contrivance.

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Stephen Williams Newsday Jun 16, 2006 1/4

There's so much ill-conceived fluff floating about the 'elusive true love' themes that by the finish, Ethan Green hasn't as much substance as a good Looney Tunes.

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Lou Lumenick New York Post Jun 16, 2006 2/4

Not un-entertaining, but director George Bamer's debut feature may play better on video.

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Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times Jun 16, 2006 3/5

Ethan Green may not exactly be fabulous, but it is pleasantly diverting.

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