Envy: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

RottenTomatoes: 115 reviews

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Rick Kisonak MovieWeb (Top Critic)

60

Black and Stiller have an appealing chemistry.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

17

I giggled, with a level of disbelief verging on awe, at the notion that people actually woke up each morning to shoot this movie thinking that they were engaged in an act of entertainment (or sanity).
Full Review » 8 years ago
Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

40

Barry Levinson's attempt to match the Farrelly Brother in adolescent goofiness has its laughs, but it's really a movie that's afraid of itself.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

50

Colorless and flat.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Sara Gebhardt Washington Post (Top Critic)

For an alleged comedy with such star power, Envy reeks enough to wish there was a vaporizer that would make it magically disappear.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ann Hornaday Washington Post (Top Critic)

One of those cinematic curiosities that almost always fade quickly.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

13

A weirdly airless disaster.
Full Review » 8 years ago
J. Hoberman Village Voice (Top Critic)

Ultimately more amusing than hilarious, and sometimes less than that.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jami Bernard New York Daily News (Top Critic)

50

A mean-spirited black comedy saturated with dog-poo jokes and only intermittent yowls of mirth.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

25

A labored misfire.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

9

Everyone involved in Envy has done better work before. Envy isn't good for them or us.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Lisa Kennedy Denver Post (Top Critic)

50

Far too much of it is unfunny.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

50

The movie is funny, yes, but not really funny enough.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Mark Caro Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

38

A shaggy dog-poop story that'll make you wish you could spray something at the screen to make it disappear.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

With so many dubious elements at play, even the half-good ideas get lost in the shuffle.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

38

A forced and flaccid affair.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

17

Envy is not something you should feel for anyone who happens to see Envy. Pity, in truth, would be more appropriate.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

20

An unusually static affair.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Robert Koehler Variety (Top Critic)

Envy can't decide whether to be an eccentric black comedy or a middle-of-the-road diversion.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jonathan Foreman New York Post (Top Critic)

38

An embarrassingly unfunny black comedy.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Geoff Pevere Toronto Star (Top Critic)

20

Envy manages the not unimpressive feat of making just about everyone in it look they wish they were somewhere else.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

Envy is both doomed and destined to become a cult film.
Full Review » 8 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

25

Our primary companion on this trip is Ben Stiller's Tim Dingman, a character so annoying that I kept wishing he would be vapoorized.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael Rechtshaffen Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

The low-key picture gets by on the genial charisma of its cast, but it fails to rise to the occasion when it comes to building to a necessary comic pitch.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Anthony Breznican Associated Press (Top Critic)

Envy crawls to its finish through a minefield of poor taste and comedic misfires.
Full Review » 5 years ago