Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
IFC Films | Release Date: October 5, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid Wiegand
When you finally stop laughing, there is something to think about. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
There’s nothing new in the movie’s sociocultural insights, especially for those of us already interested in how identity is shaped by pop culture, but the breezy tone and obvious fun being had by the cast make Finishing the Game a slight, low-key cool cinematic essay on identity politics. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It feels as though everyone involved was having a rollicking good time, and while the film itself is wildly uneven, Lin and company get in a few pointed jabs at Hollywood fatuousness and self-delusion, cultural stereotypes and '70s fashions. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJustin Lowe
The ensemble cast members play well off one another, particularly Fan as the self-absorbed Bruce Lee wannabe and Lynn in the role of the monumentally ignorant casting director. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Finishing The Game doesn't get anywhere that "Hollywood Shuffle" didn't go to first, even if it has its own set of specific complaints about how show business treats Asians. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
A genially scattershot mockumentary. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
By setting the film in a deliberately distanced '70s, writer-director Justin Lin gets the benefit of looking-back-in-superiority. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
A faux documentary grounded in ethnicity and mired in absurdity, Finishing the Game is a terrific idea still waiting to be fashioned into a real movie. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesStaff (Not credited)
Only intermittently funny at best, but mostly full of dead air, the film is a let-down on both fronts. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The film completely misses what should have been its real target -- the filming of Game of Death, a martial-arts campfest worthy of Edward D. Wood Jr. Read full review
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