Book Club
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 18, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
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Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
11
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Time OutAbbey BenderMay 17, 2018
It all adds up to a pleasant diversion, but you might wish this cinematic bonbon offered something closer to a meal. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMay 16, 2018
These women — Ms. Fonda, Ms. Keaton, Ms. Steenburgen and Ms. Bergen, that is — have nothing to prove. Each one brings enough credibility and charisma to Book Club to render its weaknesses largely irrelevant. Read full review
58
The Film StageJared MobarakMay 16, 2018
Book Club...excels not in its boldness to be risqué, but its boldness to portray vulnerability. It’s about love’s risk versus reward and the acknowledgement that present happiness is worth the future’s potential pain. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandMay 16, 2018
It’s light entertainment meant to be shared, a big glass of summer fun that goes down easy. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 17, 2018
What a waste of some perfectly wonderful legends. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonMay 17, 2018
There are also Photoshopped aggregations of Bergen, Fonda, Keaton and Steenburgen, and though they were never actually grouped together when young, they register reasonably well here as lifelong friends. The movie rides entirely on their charm, not so much on the strength of the writing or the jokes. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 16, 2018
There is a built-in pleasure in seeing Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen in the same movie. We’re used to them. We like them. We like being around them — but not so much that we can’t notice that Book Club is a pretty strained affair, not especially funny and weirdly off key. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleMay 16, 2018
Book Club isn’t a movie for me. It’s probably not a movie for you, either. Book Club was written for an audience that will find loaded references to "50 Shades of Grey" delightfully risqué. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonMay 16, 2018
It’s been said that casting is 90% of directing, and it seems to be 90% of the writing in Bill Holderman's film. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMay 16, 2018
The movie is a testament to the star power of Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, who, as the longtime friends at the center of a run-of-the-mill comedy, are the only reasons to see it. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeMay 14, 2018
The script is so lazy and outdated in its humor, it condescends to the same audience it purports to empower. Read full review
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