Metacritic Movie Ratings
Hall Pass Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 67

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Hall Pass would like to be as dunked in reality as Judd Apatow's best comedies, but the movie is thin. The Farrellys can't quite nudge the characters from two dimensions to three.

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• 63

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The plot of the movie is meh.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Variety

  While the stabs at grown-up insight miss their targets, picture still packs more pure comedic punch than the Farrellys' last few offerings.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Whatever the case, it's dispiriting that the draggiest, soppiest scenes in Hall Pass, as well as the most disgusting gag, involve women.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy

  The slapstick and action comedy interludes are haphazardly executed at best, and matters aren't helped by the film's incredibly ugly look.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips

  It's secondhand, vaguely resigned material. And while Sudeikis has some talent, he's not yet ready to co-anchor a feature comedy. He's no Ed Helms, in other words.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey

  After scoring big in 1998 with "Mary" - the zipper issue, the "hair gel" mix-up, the roving troubadours - their (Farrelly brothers) raw inventive edge has never been quite as sharp. Hall Pass, starring Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis, continues that creative slide into everyday crude.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Village VoiceNick Pinkerton

  The crazy-barista melodrama-slapstick collision seems not like a nimble twist, but tone-deaf blundering-what once came naturally now seems like trying too hard, as the Farrellys face their own mid-life crisis.

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• 38

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  It's almost impressive when a movie can manage to be both repellently vulgar and sickeningly sweet in the span of a mere two hours. Almost.

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