Get Duked!
Amazon Studios | Release Date (Streaming): August 28, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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100
Film ThreatBobby LePireMar 14, 2019
Doff balances tones amazingly and directs visually striking scenes with gusto and confidence. His writing subverts expectations while remembering to be a story about humans, all the while being an exciting, nonstop laugh riot. All that makes the film more than worth watching. Then you add this truly outstanding cast who effortlessly embody their characters, and you have nothing short of a masterpiece. Read full review
100
The PlaylistJoe BlessingMar 14, 2019
“Boyz in the Wood” is a jolt of irreverent fun that wants you to laugh at the stupid and depraved behavior of teenage boys but also to know that at the end of the day, the kids will be all right. Read full review
90
Paste MagazineOktay Ege Kozak Sep 7, 2020
Wacky, smart, engaging and exciting, Get Duked! represents the next step in the Wright/Cornish school of 21st Century British comedy. Read full review
90
VarietyPeter DebrugeAug 7, 2020
That kind of all-around ineptitude puts the Get Duked! ensemble in the company of such classic Zucker and Abrahams movies as “Airplane” and “The Naked Gun,” and should appeal to lovers of old-fashioned lowbrow farce, provided they’re willing to accept a few lame hip-hop references. Read full review
88
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 7, 2020
By mixing slapstick humor, outright silliness, and a psychedelic edge, Doff trades tension for laughs. He also has a political point to make about class divisions and the haves-and-have-nots. Read full review
85
SlashfilmMatt DonatoAug 25, 2020
Boyz In The Wood is the hippest, wildest, most energetic genre blowout to come from the UK since Attack The Block. Read full review
80
EmpireIan FreerAug 28, 2020
Get Duked channels both Trainspotting and Deliverance to create a scattershot shotgun-blast of gags, gore and bedlam. Winningly performed by its young cast, it’s a (laminated) calling card for director Ninian Doff. Read full review
80
We Got This CoveredLuke ParkerMar 14, 2019
Doff’s directorial debut bursts off the screen with eccentric energy and yet, retains a relentless sense of duty to the company its characters keep. It’s effectively touching as a display of camaraderie, equally ridiculous, and a great deal of fun. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerSep 2, 2020
So even though Get Duked! is a slapstick, rap-fueled horror comedy about a bunch of Scottish inner-city kids being hunted in the glens by a pair of rich snobs disguised as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, you could slap a "Filmed at Ealing Studios" card at the end, and you'd know exactly what to expect. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 29, 2020
The material is pretty thin and some of the jokes get repetitive, but Get Duked! is good stoner comedy fun, and quite the promising debut from a rookie filmmaker. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussAug 26, 2020
Doff is a music video guy who’s made a deceptively well-crafted feature debut here. While Get Duked! may lean on stupidity too much for some tastes, it’s nevertheless that rarest of movie creatures: a smart dumb comedy. Perhaps they can only be spotted in the Scottish Highlands these days. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzAug 25, 2020
Doff has created a film that bursts off the screen more often than not, albeit in that ultra-extreme Joseph Kahn kind of way. Your mileage may vary, but it’s a good enough game to play these waning summer days. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakAug 25, 2020
Doff may have thrown in a kitchen sink of clichés, but he knows exactly how to marry them together. The result is an endearingly uproarious affair. Read full review
70
Screen DailyWendy IdeAug 25, 2020
Sporadically very funny, always entertaining, tonally, it’s a blend of The League of Gentlemen and Deliverance, but with beatboxing rather than banjos, and considerably more drug use. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAug 25, 2020
If you’re up for an absurdist comedy-horror take on “The Most Dangerous Game” that involves murder, bad hip-hop and hallucinogenic rabbit poop, Get Duked! is the movie for you. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsAug 28, 2020
A general lack of urgency are the main things holding Get Duked! back from being as good as it is promising. Read full review
63
The Associated PressLindsey BahrAug 27, 2020
It’s a sort of spiritual companion to Edgar Wright’s Cornetto trilogy, blending horror and thriller elements with absurdist comedy. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineDerek SmithAug 13, 2020
A taut genre exercise that delivers enough surprises and cleverly timed bits of humor for its sometimes familiar, uneven narrative beats to play an original tune. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Simran HansSep 8, 2020
Hyperactive editing, the jittery rap score and an obligatory acid trip scene grate, but Doff’s social commentary is sharp. Read full review
60
CineVueJamie NeishAug 25, 2020
Doff, who acts as both writer and director, establishes an offbeat, ridiculous tone from the start that solidifies itself with visual humour and sharp dialogue that pay off in riches further down the line. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 25, 2020
Boyz in the Wood isn’t perfect (there isn’t really a wood in it as such and the title is a bit strained), but there’s likable wackiness and weirdness, one or two sizable laughs and a very bizarre deus ex machina moment. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustAug 28, 2020
The feature debut of music video director Ninian Doff is probably best viewed late at night under the influence of a mind-altering, preferably hallucinatory, substance. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisAug 26, 2020
The scenery is pretty and the actors appealing enough to almost excuse the thinness of the material. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMar 14, 2019
A too-familiar vibe hangs over much of the film, whose comic violence is nothing new and whose banter underwhelms, but the pic gets more fun as it goes, especially after an unlikely hallucinogen makes its entrance. Read full review
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