Fourth of July
Abramorama | Release Date: July 1, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
3
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90
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithJul 7, 2022
It’s all painfully exact and true. Myself a product of exactly this kind of blue-collar New England community, I winced as I laughed at this gang of badly dressed, foul-mouthed reprobates. My people! Read full review
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Film ThreatAlex SavelievJul 7, 2022
Louis C.K. should’ve applied sandpaper to the movie’s rougher edges; he should’ve adopted the jazzy, purposefully meandering, “anything goes” vibe of his previous outings. The comedic drama starts off like that, then collapses in its last third in a heap of sentimental mush. Read full review
50
Original-CinJim SlotekJul 5, 2022
Fourth of July is meant to be a comedy, but isn’t in the sense that there is nothing funny enough to laugh at. It is a domestic car crash with no edge or purpose. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanJul 1, 2022
Fourth of July is a trifle, and a facile, easy-to-watch one. But what it’s offering under the surface feels, in part, like a clandestine defense of Louis C.K.’s transgressions. In about 45 minutes, the family swings from being louts to saints. That’s supposed to be a lesson to us all. It’s not a convincing one. Read full review
42
The Film StageEthan VestbyJul 1, 2022
No matter where you stand on C.K.’s “reemergence” into the public eye, it’s a little disappointing that all he could muster was a platitude. Certainly a plea for people to forgive could’ve been made with a little more passion. Read full review
42
The PlaylistNick AllenJul 1, 2022
This movie, a forgettable indie aside from who directed it, offers sentiment, and its existence. That’s about it. Whether one is revolted or delighted by another C.K. production, Fourth of July is a dud. Read full review
40
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJul 6, 2022
As a director, Louis C.K. puts several feet wrong. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJul 1, 2022
Fourth of July turns out to be something we would have never expected from its director/co-writer — bland. Read full review
39
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJul 6, 2022
This film is a dud all on its own, a watered down Woody Allen facsimile that is long on F-bombs and short on wit, with an internal logic that falls apart with barely a half-cocked glance. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 28, 2022
It’s a serious “meh,” squishy and sentimental — like a Woody Allen (cough cough) rough draft, with lots more swearing. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJul 1, 2022
This is the kind of earnest but inept and obliviously indulgent indie flick that a film festival's artistic director would program in full awareness of its deficiencies, because they thought the name of someone associated with the project (in this case, the director) will put butts in seats. Read full review
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