The Darwin Awards: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 12 reviews

Dennis Harvey Variety (Top Critic)

Sports too many formulaic weaknesses of mainstream laffers while straining for an indie cred that hitherto came naturally to writer-director Finn Taylor.
Full Review » 6 years ago
James Greenberg Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Taylor and his friends seem to be having a great time but could have let the audience in on the joke.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Reel.com

75

Full Review » 5 years ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

75

A delightful, winning tribute to those annual kudos given to people who died from sheer stupidity, thereby improving the gene pool.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Kevin Carr 7M Pictures

40

If writer/director Finn Taylor could have made up his mind about the movie he was making, it would have held together better.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Ruthe Stein San Francisco Chronicle

50

The humor dissipates as we watch one weird death after another.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Kam Williams NewsBlaze

0

Just a voyeuristic excuse to watch people die in different ways.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Brian Webster Apollo Guide

62

Writer/ director Finn Taylor's problem is that he wrote a painfully weak script, mostly wasting both acting talent and funny stories in the process.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com

60

tries so very hard but just doesn't manage to be very funny
Full Review » 5 years ago
Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com

42

Will probably deserve a Darwin Award itself after dying quietly at the box office and thus strengthening the art of filmmaking in general.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Don R. Lewis Film Threat

80

While the film has some funky flaws, it's a terrific satire and is downright hilarious.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com

50

It's not the diversion from source material that bothers me; it's the way in which the diversions are bland, listless, annoyingly familiar, and patently unengaging.
Full Review » 6 years ago