Fist Fight
Warner Bros. | Release Date: February 17, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
13
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonFeb 16, 2017
Over-stuffed and under-conceived, Fist Fight is a clumsy mélange of clashing comedic perspectives. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 16, 2017
There’s little tension or comic build-up. Read full review
37
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanFeb 16, 2017
The slapsticky, sight-gag-heavy yukfest, which is filled with the kind of phallic humor you may have sniggered at when you were 16, floats like a dead butterfly and stings like a B-movie. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 18, 2017
More galling and tedious than funny. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversFeb 17, 2017
Charlie Day owns one of the highest-pitched male squeaks in the business and he puts it to hilarious use on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I could watch him in anything – but Fist Fight is pushing it, given that's it's always raining a storm of comic clichés that quickly drowns any semblance of audience goodwill. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerFeb 16, 2017
A stunningly unnecessary comedy, Fist Fight perpetuates unoriginal characters, a preposterous premise and a half-hearted stand-up-for-yourself message. Read full review
25
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenFeb 16, 2017
What a pestilential little picture is Fist Fight. Read full review
25
ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerFeb 16, 2017
What’s most unfortunate about Fist Fight is the wealth of talent it amasses for little to no discernible purpose. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenFeb 22, 2017
Fist Fight is not a complete dud, but it does grasp at the lowest hanging fruit for its humor. Read full review
20
TheWrapRobert AbeleFeb 16, 2017
Fist Fight is so ineptly assembled, shoddy-looking and devoid of comic tension or creative lunacy — like a movie comprised of outtakes — that you half-expect the filmmakers not even to deliver a fist fight. Read full review
20
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 16, 2017
A risible excuse for comedy that treats compulsory education as a joke and violence as a reasonable way to solve problems. Read full review
0
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 16, 2017
Had I been attending Fist Fight as a non-critic, any number of scenes might well have catapulted me out of my seat and out the door. Read full review
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