Metacritic Movie Ratings
Hall Pass Reviews

3.0

46

out of 100

Metascore®
Mixed or average reviews
Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.

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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