Out Cold: Critic Reviews

The result is so derivative, they should've called it Eskimo Pie.

As in the old beach movies, a great deal of screen time is devoted to the astounding exploits of stunt doubles, who here are riding powdered snow rather than waves.

Even though no one in the film breaks a leg, Out Cold is as lame as it gets.

I can't imagine why anyone would pay money to see this sorry excuse for a film.

Out Cold isn't the worst movie ever made. It is, however, one of the most pointless.

Doesn't ever quite seem to elevate itself above an '80s 'youth against the establishment' genre film.

As if to justify a serious discussion of this comedy before dissing it, some reviewers have pointed out that it evokes Casablanca.

No brains, no headache.

Funnier than Woody Allen's last four movies, more exciting than Tarkovski's The Sacrifice, Out Cold will play best if your first legal beer is still far enough into the future to seem a vision of the promised land.

While the presence of pro boarders doing their thing might be a selling point for enthusiasts, the predominantly lame goings-on will leave others snow-bored.

Basically a low-rent remake of the 1984 low-rent teenage sex comedy Hot Dog ... The Movie.

Although its main plot is a disposable low-rent ripoff and its leading players generally bland and undistinguished, there are some truly amusing supporting characters.

In failing in every base it tries to cover, there's no point in seeing Out Cold, for such preferable alternatives exist.

Out Cold is basically Porky's in the snow, and it's a pale imitation at that. You can't go into this movie expecting anything innovative.

Its only redeeming value is the killer snowboarding scenes.

Out Cold is essentially a spineless, unfunny Animal House. The pretence of plot is distracting and insulting.

Just don't waste your time or money.

There's really nothing to recommend about Out Cold.

I would mention that Out Cold boasts some pretty impressive snowboarding sequences, but so do most TV commercials.

How appropriate this overcooked turkey opened over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend! And I'm here to give it a basting.

What can you say about a movie that includes its outtake bloopers reel before the closing credits?

If you've made a movie in which former TV star Lee Majors ... is the funniest person present, then you have surely made a movie that sucks a lot.