Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Comedy Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  For a catalog of aggressively stupid, socially deviant male behavior, Rick Alverson's cheekily titled The Comedy is not without a certain subversive intelligence.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Village Voice

  There's not a false note in the film, but maybe there's a difference between accuracy and truth.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  The Comedy pretends to be a satire of entitlement, but it's made in a style so indulgent that the whole film feels entitled in the extreme.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  The anomie of entitlement pushed to poisonous extremes is the basis of this provocation, which is as frustrating as it is intriguing.

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• 25

  out of 100

  Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips

  If it weren't for Kate Lyn Sheil, who has a couple of scenes as a blase Brooklyn waitress inexplicably ending up in the protagonist's bed, 'The Comedy' might well have qualified as the worst film of 2012.

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• 20

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  If you can discern any critical distance or interesting perspective here, or even a good reason to spend 90 minutes in such company, I'm afraid the joke is on you.

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