Bad Company
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: June 7, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
16
Negative:
14
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60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Hopkins and Rock are a surprisingly good mix; Hopkins actually underplays his role as a company man with a barely acknowledged conscience, while Rock's manic impulses aren't allowed to run riot. Read full review
60
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Anthony Hopkins, with a toothpick and a slouch. Fabulous! Read full review
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
It's almost impossible to enjoy this uneven but mostly exciting popcorn pic without flinching at a few plot elements that feel a bit too real for comfort. Read full review
60
Film ThreatMichael Dequina
From the plotting and the characterizations to the explosions and excessive use of blue light filters, everything about Bad Company has been done and seen before. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Bad Company would just be another silly, intermittently funny, buddy comedy (Anthony Hopkins is Rock's training agent) were it not for a plot unlaughably close to current events. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderHank Sartin
As in all Jerry Bruckheimer-produced summer blockbusters, the premise is paper-thin and the action sequences play out with assembly-line regularity. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Company almost seems like the product of a post-Sept. 11 world. Like a cartoon version of a real threat, the villains are terrorists of a non-specific nationality with an ill-defined anti-American agenda and a tendency to spout complaints too clichéd to take seriously. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I won't tell you I didn't enjoy parts of Bad Company, because I did. But the enjoyment came at moments well-separated by autopilot action scenes and stunt sequences that outlived their interest. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Feels stale, bloated and willing to get by on sheer familiarity. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's fast, snappy and entertaining in a superficial way. But it lacks gravity and authenticity and seems more like a product than an attempt to tell a story. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
It's fun to watch for a while. But the movie runs much too long, and a few funny bits aside, most of the comedy writing is lame. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Though they're a good pair (Hopkins and Rock), this isn't a very good movie. It's slick but hollow. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Watching Rocks shows, we know he's sharper than the average actor. But watching him flail and play funny in movies that aren't as smart as him is simply depressing. Someone give this man a good role. And please, let him do a few more takes -- these scenes can't be his best efforts. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
Whether you care if they find them (terrorists) or not may depend on how much you've been able to withstand Bad Company's sensory overload of firefights, vehicular mayhem, techno-cool swagger and enough bumptious contrivances to fill several seasons of daffy prime-time soaps. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Some of this stuff is uncomfortably close to minstrelsy. Bad Company closes on a patriotic note in a brief scene that pays heartfelt tribute to the terrorist-thwarting sacrifices of the CIA. Timing is everything, I guess. Read full review
40
Rolling StonePeter Travers
The motor of the plot, involving nuclear terrorism, not only knocked Bad Company out of last year's release schedule due to 9/11 sensitivity, it stops Rock and Hopkins from sustaining a comic rapport. The waste is criminal. Read full review
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