Book Club
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 18, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
11
Negative:
7
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38
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonMay 17, 2018
A disgrace and a waste of the talents of Oscar winners Keaton, Fonda and Steenburgen and Emmy recipient Bergen. Obviously, the film is intended for an older audience. But is this anemic, feature-length sitcom really the best that Hollywood can do? Read full review
38
Rolling StonePeter TraversMay 17, 2018
Some may feel like this smirking sex farce goes down easy. Others may choke on it – or worse, feel like they've wandered into the cinematic equivalent of Christian Grey's Red Room of Pain? Read full review
33
ConsequenceCaroline SiedeMay 17, 2018
A smarter film would’ve more deeply explored the interpersonal dynamics between these four very different lifelong friends, but Book Club presents its central quartet as a blandly supportive girl group and mines drama from their far less interesting individual romantic storylines instead. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMay 17, 2018
These supremely talented women are put through embarrassing paces by director and co-writer Bill Holderman. It’s meant to be a film about a reawakening of desire, and thus life. It turns out to be a wince-inducing mess. Read full review
30
VarietyDennis HarveyMay 16, 2018
Really, it’s sad that the best Hollywood can come up with for so much seasoned talent is this stale shake-and-bake combining upscale-lifestyle porn with some tepid smirky humor. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorMay 17, 2018
The whole thing feels like a late-night, dorm-room gab fest, except that the four women in question are well over 60, which is the gag. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTy BurrMay 16, 2018
This feeble excuse for a comedy made me angry, and if you have any cherished cinematic feelings for the quartet of actresses at its center, you may feel angry, too. Read full review
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