80 for Brady
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: February 3, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
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16
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13
Negative:
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
RogerEbert.comNell MinowFeb 3, 2023
One can sit back, relax, and enjoy 80 for Brady, understanding that nothing here makes sense in terms like “might happen” or even “should happen.” Just as all fairy tales should, this movie lives in the land of “wouldn’t it be wonderful.” Read full review
75
The PlaylistNick AllenFeb 13, 2023
80 for Brady displays how Marvin’s sensibilities about friendship are primed for a mass audience. He knows the audience and, more importantly, that no one will mistake what he’s aiming for here. Read full review
73
Paste MagazineAmy AmatangeloFeb 2, 2023
80 for Brady isn’t going to add to anyone’s long list of Oscar nominations, but it definitely moves the goalpost for the kind of movies audiences want to see. To mix up my sports metaphors, I hope the box office hits it out of the ballpark and we get more female-oriented, age-defying movies like this. Read full review
70
Vanity FairRichard LawsonFeb 3, 2023
80 for Brady is a loosely structured hang movie, albeit one that culminates in a curiously affecting emotional climax. Read full review
70
IGNSiddhant AdlakhaFeb 3, 2023
80 for Brady is a surprisingly sweet and sentimental comedy led by four stellar performances — especially by Lily Tomlin, who’s never been more radiant. Read full review
70
TimeStephanie ZacharekFeb 2, 2023
80 for Brady is brassy, ridiculous, and shameless. It’s also irresistible, maybe because watching older ladies having fun is almost embarrassingly seductive. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonFeb 1, 2023
We’re so pleasantly pummeled by silliness that the film comes to feel like a massage. Read full review
70
SlashfilmJeff EwingJan 30, 2023
80 for Brady isn't the most original play in the playbook, minus the sheer atypicality of aiming a gang of protagonists with around almost 400 years between them at a sports event for which they aren't the usual fanbase. That said, the comedy has enough charm, memorable moments, and charismatic performances from legendary actresses that it's a good, breezy time. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenJan 21, 2023
This movie’s dazzle is all about the chemistry of its powerhouse quartet and the potential for comic sparks, and on that front, the starry huddle of Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field delivers. Read full review
67
ColliderNate RichardFeb 9, 2023
80 for Brady is not the new golden standard of sports comedies, but it was clearly never trying to be. It's cute, silly, and light, all things that a comfort movie should be. Read full review
67
Original-CinJim SlotekFeb 2, 2023
You could think of it as a 98-minute ad for the Super Bowl, opening as it is a week before this year’s edition. These words do not sound like the description of the GOAT of movies. And 80 for Brady is not that. Read full review
67
UproxxVince ManciniFeb 1, 2023
The beauty of 80 for Brady is that it manages to communicate, entirely through construction and subtext, that Fonda, Tomlin, Moreno, and the gang, actually are too good for this. Read full review
65
Film ThreatAlan NgFeb 20, 2023
80 for Brady is one of the most mediocre films ever made. However, there’s just enough heart and silliness to recommend it for nostalgic purposes. Plus, the four leads bring it. Also, like Superbowl LI, the film has an exciting fourth quarter. Read full review
65
TheWrapFran HoepfnerFeb 1, 2023
80 For Brady is undeniably a shiny piece of NFL propaganda, a film so in love with its own money-making apparatus that it’s hard not to find it at least somewhat evil. But the performances land and are often endearing, with all four women in particularly strong form. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 3, 2023
It’s ungallant to single out MVPs in this ensemble. Nonetheless: If it weren’t for Moreno’s wizardly comic wiles and Field’s unerring, unforced timing, “80 for Brady” would not be here, there or much of anywhere. Read full review
63
USA TodayBrian TruittFeb 2, 2023
With a screenplay by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins – who worked on the genius “Booksmart” – it has a fun energy, especially when the main characters are left to their own devices, but often pumps the brakes before it goes too overboard. Read full review
60
Screen RantPatrice WitherspoonFeb 3, 2023
Thanks to the special cast chemistry, 80 For Brady’s charm shines through despite being good for only a single watch. Read full review
60
The GuardianCharles BramescoFeb 2, 2023
Good company is the name of the game here, both in the nourishing bond between these geriatric besties as well as the chance for us to spend another 100 minutes in the presence of showbiz royalty. But for all its congenial upbeatitude, this salute to blue-hair camaraderie has been molded into the shape of a movie without much finesse. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshFeb 1, 2023
The comedy isn’t necessarily groundbreaking, and the story beats are almost painfully predictable, but the picture hangs together thanks to this group of legends and the loose, absurdist humor of the screenplay. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeJan 21, 2023
Kyle Marvin’s directorial debut is a pleasant enough reminder that these gals are still game for a good time. Read full review
50
Little White LiesHannah StrongMar 31, 2023
Perhaps diehard football fans will have a little more fun with the premise, but the stars have to do some heavy lifting, and as charming as they are together, one can’t help but wonder if this is the best we can do for actresses of their calibre. Read full review
50
CNNBrian LowryFeb 3, 2023
The main challenge is that there’s simply not enough heft in the story to fill out this wild-and-crazy weekend, which requires a level of embellishment that alternates between cute and absurd. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 2, 2023
To pretend that the film’s pleasures are more than modest is just that — pretending. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 1, 2023
There are a few chuckles sprinkled here and there, but for a movie about football it doesn’t seem to know all that much about football (certain scenes that transpire during the Super Bowl are cartoonishly implausible), and the four primary characters are rather thinly drawn. Read full review
50
Washington PostMark JenkinsJan 31, 2023
A serviceable mash-up of sitcom and sports flick, 80 for Brady should please fans of Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field and/or Tom Brady. Everybody else might want to call a timeout. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubLeigh MonsonJan 31, 2023
The film is by no means distinctive, hilarious, or memorable in any way, but, for as cloying as this attempt at Brady brand rehabilitation could have been, it’s a testament to the magnetic appeal of ageless stars who know how to carry a film to the end zone. Read full review
40
EmpireJohn NugentMar 24, 2023
A children’s film for pensioners, 80 For Brady is an absurd, silly mess. But in spite of itself — and thanks to the warm, genuine chemistry of its legendary leading ladies — it is sweet, and difficult to truly begrudge. Read full review
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The TelegraphEd PowerMar 16, 2023
It could have been one more late-career hurrah by Fonda and her fellow screen greats. Instead, 80 For Brady flubs the touchdown. Read full review
40
Rolling StoneCorbin SmithFeb 6, 2023
Making a warm movie about friendship as a tribute to this weirdo is an impossible task. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 26, 2023
You don’t have to be a Tom Brady hater to pan this. But you are obligated to separate this wan script and feebly-fictionalized laugher from its stars, who have legendary comic chops that this movie treats like oversized false teeth. Read full review
30
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Johanna SchnellerFeb 18, 2023
The condescending vibe and the whatever-ness of it all are disappointing given the collective calibre of the stars, revered, funny veterans who deserve better. Read full review
25
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiFeb 2, 2023
80 for Brady would be close to worthless were it not for the prodigious talents and chemistry of its marvelous cast. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeOdie HendersonFeb 1, 2023
Not even John Toll, who won two Oscars for cinematography, can make this movie look good. Stay home and watch the real Super Bowl instead. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJan 31, 2023
80 for Brady is a good-natured effort, and that good nature keeps it from becoming hateable. But still, it’s fairly awful. Read full review
12
The Associated PressMark KennedyFeb 1, 2023
Director Kyle Marvin fails to build any real tension as he frighteningly shifts from farce to cringe to melancholy, but real footage of the big game is nicely knitted into the second half. Read full review
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