80 for Brady
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: February 3, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
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Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
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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
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