Mr. Woodcock: Critic Reviews

72%

MovieWeb: 2 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 112 reviews

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Marc Bernardin Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

50

In this post-Apatow-the-arrested-development-genius world, it can't compete. The only thing worth watching is Sarandon, popping in from a classier reality.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Matt Zoller Seitz New York Times (Top Critic)

40

Between Mr. Thornton's wry performance and Tami Reiker's nuanced wide-screen photography, you half-expect Woodcock to deliver more than formulaic laughs.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Peter Bradshaw Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

40

Disappointing.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

25

This may be the most laugh-free comedy of the year.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Stephen Hunter Washington Post (Top Critic)

Director Craig Gillespie clearly knows a few things; most important: If you have only 95 minutes of material, make an only 95-minute movie. Amazing how often that's forgotten.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Janice Page Boston Globe (Top Critic)

38

The finished product feels like the unloved child of a bad marriage where the only thing anyone remembers is the sharp edges.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Robert Wilonsky Village Voice (Top Critic)

Woodcock's a strictly flaccid family affair.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Jack Mathews New York Daily News (Top Critic)

50

You can guess how it all ends, but getting there is a repetitious parade of put-downs and smackdowns that suggest you can't go home again.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Amy Biancolli Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

25

Child abuse: har-dee-har-har.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

To laugh at parts of this film would indicate one has a streak of Woodcockism in oneself. But to gaze in stupefied fascination is perfectly understandable.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Jessica Reaves Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

50

[A] marginally promising -- but ultimately unfunny -- comedy.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Joshua Katzman Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Under Craig Gillespie's uninspired direction, the humor eventually settles into stale, familiar pratfalls.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Adam Graham Detroit News (Top Critic)

17

Thornton and Sarandon should have their Oscars repossessed, or at least temporarily revoked, for appearing in this insipid comedy.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Justin Chang Variety (Top Critic)

There's more genuine humor to be gleaned from saying 'Woodcock' over and over again than from watching Mr. Woodcock.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Kyle Smith New York Post (Top Critic)

63

Thornton's straight-faced growl is consistently funny throughout this mild but effective comedy.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

60

For Woodcock to deliver, the leads needed to amp things up, to bring their A-game, or at least match the effort they've thrown at previous versions of these characters.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Susan Walker Toronto Star (Top Critic)

38

This movie makes a much better case study for aspiring entertainment executives than it does a cinematic experience. What it most emphatically is not is a date movie.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Stephen Cole Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

38

Thornton never cracks a smile... His gloom is infectious.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Stephen Farber Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Sharp performances enliven this formulaic comedy.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Mark Bazer Boston Phoenix

Full Review » 3 years ago
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile

Mr Woodcock is ok as far as predictable, low-brow Hollywood comedies are concerned, and it's considerably elevated by its above average cast.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Sydney Morning Herald

Full Review » 4 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

40

O longa nao apenas acaba se revelando terrivelmente sem graca como tambem assusta por sua moral torta, condizente com a do personagem-titulo.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Jeff Bayer The Scorecard Review

50

we're stuck with Amy Poehler telling us she's an alcoholic and an unaware Susan Sarandon watching two men act like idiots, which unfortunately isn't funny at all.
Full Review » 4 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

50

...a tedious and hackneyed effort that surely (and hopefully) marks Billy Bob Thornton's final appearance as a comedically misanthropic curmudgeon...
Full Review » 4 years ago