Hall Pass
New Line Cinema | Release Date: February 25, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
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14
Negative:
10
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
EmpireJames WhiteMar 7, 2011
Not up there with the Farrelly brothers' classics, but still a worthwhile, farcical comedy. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondFeb 25, 2011
Wilson is nicely restrained as a loving husband caught in a middle-aged crisis, while Sudeikis makes a great foil as a guy in over his head. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfFeb 22, 2011
A largely sexless sex romp, has such a winning sense of middle-aged exhaustion to it that you might want to add a star or two, especially if you're familiar with the banalities of matrimonial bliss. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 24, 2011
Hall Pass attempts to take the Farrellys' harsh humor and bring it into harmony with what has become the modern comic style, which is to be coarse but not absurd, to be brutally honest but real. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisFeb 24, 2011
Whatever the case, it's dispiriting that the draggiest, soppiest scenes in Hall Pass, as well as the most disgusting gag, involve women. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyFeb 24, 2011
Most gaspworthy is that this raunchy, transgressive comedy about would-be adulterers turns out to be a hot, wet reaffirmation of marriage. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesFeb 24, 2011
As in "Breaking Upwards," the best joke here is that the wives (Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate) wind up getting more action during the marital recess than their hapless hubbies. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 24, 2011
It's secondhand, vaguely resigned material. And while Sudeikis has some talent, he's not yet ready to co-anchor a feature comedy. He's no Ed Helms, in other words. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyFeb 22, 2011
The slapstick and action comedy interludes are haphazardly executed at best, and matters aren't helped by the film's incredibly ugly look. Read full review
50
VarietyAndrew BarkerFeb 22, 2011
While the stabs at grown-up insight miss their targets, picture still packs more pure comedic punch than the Farrellys' last few offerings. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFeb 25, 2011
Ever catch yourself thinking, "Man, I wish beer commercials lasted just 104 minutes longer"? The Farrelly brothers are ready to make your dreams come true. Read full review
40
SlateDana StevensFeb 24, 2011
Hall Pass is about two guys trying to recapture their youthful mojo, but it also appears to be made BY men who fit that description. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyFeb 24, 2011
After scoring big in 1998 with "Mary" - the zipper issue, the "hair gel" mix-up, the roving troubadours - their (Farrelly brothers) raw inventive edge has never been quite as sharp. Hall Pass, starring Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis, continues that creative slide into everyday crude. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick PinkertonFeb 22, 2011
The crazy-barista melodrama-slapstick collision seems not like a nimble twist, but tone-deaf blundering-what once came naturally now seems like trying too hard, as the Farrellys face their own mid-life crisis. Read full review
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