Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): September 20, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 20, 2019
“Between Two Ferns” is filled with hilarious alternate-universe moments. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comNick AllenSep 20, 2019
It’s antagonistic comedy that’s brilliantly designed so that nobody actually gets hurt. Read full review
75
ConsequenceBlake GobleSep 26, 2019
Galifianakis delivers a reminder of just what makes his brand of comedy so unique, special, and even a little daring. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubWilliam HughesSep 20, 2019
Between Two Ferns meanders; it invents often-pointless conflicts between its characters; it sometimes feels like a film casting around desperately for an emotional hook to rest itself upon.... It’s also deeply funny, surrounding a talented comedian with other talented comedians and letting them riff off of each other for a feature’s worth of length. Read full review
70
IGNMatt FowlerSep 20, 2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie does its best to coat Zach Galifianakis' dense and dopey TV host with a larger story but, in the end, the best parts are still when it's just him glassily staring into the eyes of a movie star and telling them how much they suck at acting. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 22, 2019
It’s not much of a “Movie,” but the bottom line is that Galifianakis, the interviews and those being subjected to them are still funny. Enjoy a beverage while watching and you’ll be doing your own spit takes. Read full review
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The VergeKeith PhippsSep 20, 2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie is too much Between Two Ferns to fit into an episode but not enough movie for a sit-down-in-the-theater experience. Still, it’s companionable in the lowered-stakes world of Netflix films where pleasantness and a handful of highlights seem to matter as much as excellence. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterRobyn BahrSep 20, 2019
Despite being an alt-comedy Funny or Die production — far from the mainstream ethos of TV's 45-year-old sketch comedy king — Netflix's Between Two Ferns: The Movie is a modern-day SNL flick. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 20, 2019
Perhaps the film’s overwhelming ace is an overarching awareness of just how pointless it really is, made with the same disposability with which it should be consumed. Read full review
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VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 20, 2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie has some laughs, but it’s essentially the tossed-together version of a hangout movie. It’s a roast served at room temperature. Read full review
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriSep 20, 2019
It’s a half-assed premise, given a half-assed treatment that makes Wayne’s World look like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The performances are loose and self-aware, the filmmaking strictly at the level of sketch comedy, the jokes amiably predictable, and the story a mess. Read full review
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The New York TimesJason BaileySep 20, 2019
Some promising ideas and characters are introduced, but the narrative is so superfluous, the connecting segments so fleeting, that little is fleshed out. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangSep 20, 2019
Like some of the feature-length spinoffs of old “Saturday Night Live” sketches that proliferated in the ’90s, it feels like a padded version of a bit that was a lot sharper in five-minute increments. Read full review
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