Baggage Claim Review Roundup: Paula Patton Is a "Terrific Actress," but the Film is "Ultra Tacky"

Baggage Claim, the comedy starring Paula Patton and Taye Diggs is set to hit theaters on Friday, Sept. 27.  While Patton is getting good reviews in the romcom, the movie as a whole isn't getting much love.

Let's first set the scene: Patton plays Montana, a flight attendant, pledging that she will not be the oldest and the only girl in her family never to wed before her younger sister's wedding. So, she sets out on a 30-day, 30,000-mile journey in the hopes of finding the perfect man to become her fianc.  And away we go!


Baggage Claim, the comedy starring Paula Patton and Taye Diggs is set to hit theaters on Friday, Sept. 27.  While Patton is getting good reviews in the romcom, the movie as a whole isn't getting much love.

Let's first set the scene: Patton plays Montana, a flight attendant, pledging that she will not be the oldest and the only woman in her family never to wed before her younger sister's wedding. So, she sets out on a 30-day, 30,000-mile journey in the hopes of finding the perfect man to become her fianc.  And away we go!

Peter Debruge from Variety writes "chemistry you can fake, but charm is far harder to tug off, and Baggage Claim never quite succeeds upon that front. Talbert has clearly studied what makes similar films click, but instead of finding a fresh spin upon old clichs, he merely repeats them (as when an depressed Montana asks no one in particular, 'Could this profit any worse?' cuing the rainstorm)."

The Hollywood Reporter's Sheri Linden's doesn't believe the movie is a sum miss, saying "for a brief period late in the game, the feature gets airborne  the writing, performances and direction in screwball synchronicity. But that breath of spoofy fresh air gives way to flatfooted sappiness to wrap the fairy tale neatly."

Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly gives praise to Patton saying she "is such a terrific actress that even in the ultra-tacky romantic comedy Baggage Claim, she gives a lustrous, thought-out performance, not just walking through but digging into the role of an keen, nervous doormat with a people-pleasing smile."