Beverly Hills Ninja
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) | Release Date: January 17, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
This is a movie in which the audience knows half the gags in advance, but thanks to director Dennis Dugan's timing and Farley's execution, the audience doesn't just laugh anyway, but laughs harder. Knowing in advance is part of the fun. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The slapstick and the sight gags come thick and fast, as they have throughout a hundred years of screen comedy, yet director Dennis Dugan and writers Mark Feldberg and Mitch Klebanoff keep everything light and bouncy. Read full review
70
VarietyLeonard Klady
This sweet saga of an underachiever who makes good is surprisingly appealing and sure to broaden the portly comic's fan base. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
As coarse, vulgar, adolescent action comedies go, Beverly Hills Ninja comes across as relatively tame - less profanity, less violence, less sex than typical for this "Naked Gun" wannabe. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
If you're nostalgic for the third grade and all those little wads of wet paper bouncing off the back of your neck, Beverly Hills Ninja is the movie for you. It is one extended fat joke, tricked out in ceremonial robes. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Beverly Hills Ninja is essentially a one-joke film. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyBruce Fretts
But when the writers run out of ideas, they simply have Farley walk into a lamppost, or cop from old SNL skits. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Farley -- one of the few comedians who could ever be justly accused of debasing the pratfall -- has made a film that's tantamount to watching an overweight man slip on a banana peel for nearly 90 minutes. Read full review
10
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
It makes me sick all over again just describing this--the most affecting scene in a sluggish would-be comedy that reflects the dubious state of the art of fat male comedians exploiting themselves in 1997, the year its star died. Read full review
10
Washington PostRita Kempley
Chris Farley walks into walls, trips over invisible banana peels and otherwise makes a fat ass of himself in this imbecilic, slapstick adventure from the producers of "Dumb and Dumber." Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Nearly as much fun as a case of scabies, Beverly Hills Ninja transports the viewer into a mystical realm where pratfall is king and mediocrity is its own reward. Read full review
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