Cuban Fury
Entertainment One | Release Date: April 11, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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9
Mixed:
11
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinApr 10, 2014
Don't let the cheesy title deter you. Cuban Fury is a thoroughly engaging crowd-pleaser — sweet, quite amusing and even a tad inspiring. Read full review
80
Total FilmMatt GlasbyFeb 10, 2014
A great big bear-hug of a Britcom, with rhinestones on its shirt, salsa in its heart and dick jokes up its sleeve. Something for everyone, then. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleLeba HertzApr 10, 2014
A pleasant diversion starring the always amiable Nick Frost, with Chris O'Dowd relishing his role as a slimeball. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriApr 11, 2014
Cuban Fury has a surprising amount of fun with these acknowledged clichés. At times, the movie has the energy of an "Anchorman"-style spoof — a hilarious late-movie dance-off between Bruce and Drew takes on absurdist overtones, as they dance on car roofs and do increasingly impossible moves. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyApr 9, 2014
Frost is a likable bloke with a deft physical grace to match his rat-a-tat one-liners. But all the sequins and silk shirts in the world can’t disguise the film’s too-familiar formula. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 14, 2014
It ends up feeling a little like warmed-over "Strictly Ballroom" without Baz Lurhmann's over-the-top sense of style. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaApr 11, 2014
It is just plain fun to observe Frost as Bruce while he happily shimmies and shakes his way to regaining his once-renown "feet of flames." Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesBruce IngramApr 10, 2014
A little more fury might have been a whole lot better. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChris CabinApr 7, 2014
The film is thin on concept and limited in style, but the filmmakers have the good sense to let their characters remain playful and goofy throughout. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMar 16, 2014
Frost is a likable lead and an easy rooting interest. But his affability isn’t enough to give this silly-sweet feature the edge and dimension that would make it a memorable contribution to the subgenre epitomized by The Full Monty — comedies in which middle-aged, unassuming Brits discover their inner showman. Read full review
60
Variety Charles GantFeb 18, 2014
Overall, it’s just enough to send the date-movie crowd home with a smile on their face and a tingle of joy in their heart. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonGuy LodgeFeb 11, 2014
[An] amiable but flat-footed debut feature. Read full review
60
EmpireNick de SemlyenFeb 10, 2014
Saturday Night Fever by way of Strictly Come Dancing, Frost’s solo movie lacks the inventive madness of his Cornetto team-ups, but it’s still a heartfelt blast of fun. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisApr 16, 2014
This is a movie tailor-made for cheering on the not-so-little guy to find his self-esteem, dazzle the judges, and win the girl. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldApr 10, 2014
Not that some of this isn’t amusing, but you feel the considerable improvisational skills of the cast going to waste. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartApr 10, 2014
A rather unremarkable, if endearing, entry in the quirky rom-com genre. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloApr 9, 2014
Only one scene — the very one that Pegg shows up in — demonstrates any real creativity, and even that mostly amounts to a couple of goofy dudes attempting to intimidate each other with terrible dance moves. Read full review
40
The DissolveTasha RobinsonApr 10, 2014
Cuban Fury feels overpadded and distracted, with no time to establish its leads, let alone the bare connection between them that might give viewers a rooting interest in their future. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonApr 8, 2014
Frost can play lovable losers in his sleep, but to succeed, Cuban Fury has to make him dance. A fat man falling down gets a cheap laugh; a fat man with magic feet makes us cheer. Director James Griffiths splits the difference between ridicule and respect, and the resulting comedy is as trite and cloying as a rum and coke. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 18, 2014
This comedy never quite relaxes or convinces or comes together, despite a blue-chip pedigree and a great cast. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinFeb 18, 2014
Cuban Fury belongs to an older, unfunnier time. Please let’s not go back. Read full review
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