Gone Fishin': Critic Reviews

67%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

RottenTomatoes: 22 reviews

Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

9

Full Review » 15 years ago
Lawrence Van Gelder New York Times (Top Critic)

20

This is a film that misses the boat right from the start through an improper mixture of fools.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

Cut bait and avoid this trip.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Daniel M. Kimmel Variety (Top Critic)

Film is so formulaic that virtually every plot point is telegraphed way in advance.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

25

Full Review » 10 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

38

The saddest thing about this unfunny, misguided motion picture is watching two performers I admire -- Joe Pesci and Danny Glover -- stumble their way through such obviously inferior material.
Full Review » 12 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

25

They only highlight the sheer, witless desperation of all involved.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Steve Crum Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

60

Dumb n dumber middle agers Glover & Pesci in land and sea adventures.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Michael Ferraro Film Threat

0

A terrible ride with two idiotic characters.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

40

Full Review » 7 years ago
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central

0

Full Review » 8 years ago
Oz Hollywood Bitchslap

20

Like any Pesci outing post-Goodfellas, this can be described with one word; that word is 'hackneyed'.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Alex Sandell Juicy Cerebellum

10

I hope the person that greenlighted this was fired.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

20

Full Review » 10 years ago
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com

10

Without question one of the stupidest comedies I've ever seen.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Dale Winogura Boxoffice Magazine

20

Comedies about fishing have never worked, not even for Howard Hawks.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Chris Hicks Deseret News, Salt Lake City

After this and 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, maybe the Academy will ask Pesci to return his Oscar.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews

25

Joe Pesci and Danny Glover, mumble so many of their lines that a large portion of the film is incomprehensible.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Boston Phoenix

Joe Pesci and Danny Glover need to get their agents on the phone, pronto.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Madeleine Williams Cinematter

13

An unfunny, meandering film attempting to be a comedy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Scott Renshaw rec.arts.movies.reviews

20

There's certainly nothing inherently clever about the premise.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Russell Smith Austin Chronicle

40

Maybe the sequel will even make me laugh.
Full Review » 12 years ago