Metacritic Movie Ratings
Fanboys Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Delayed a couple of years, shown to fans at conventions and retooled, Fanboys is an uneven and largely predictable adventure, but it has its moments.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Mildly cute, mildly drooly, majorly too late spoof/homage.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Fanboys doesn't have a fan's obsessive attention to detail, or the giddy geekiness that can make Tarantino's movies both thrilling and trying. It's not nearly nerdy enough.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger

  There are enough good jokes in Fanboys, a road comedy about geeks on a "Star Wars"-related quest, to satisfy hard-core fans of that George Lucas franchise. But the film doesn't have the boosters, or thrusters, or whatever, to elevate it to more ambitious heights; it's weighed down by tired conventions and a general sense of having missed its moment.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Variety

  End result feels like an uneven cross between an amateur "Project Greenlight" pic and such recent comedies as "Superbad" and "Pineapple Express," in which indie directors brought a certain edge to material that might once have felt more at home under the National Lampoon label.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  Given how insultingly fanboys are portrayed, even the fan base could be put off.

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• 38

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Its primary flaw is that it's not critical. It is a celebration of an idiotic lifestyle, and I don't think it knows it.

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