Hall Pass
New Line Cinema | Release Date: February 25, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
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14
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirFeb 24, 2011
Compared to, say, your average Adam Sandler movie it's a master class in film comedy. Oh, you will laugh. You may not forgive yourself for it easily, but you will laugh. You may well laugh to the point of pee stains in your underthings, and if you think that's gratuitous you have no idea. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 25, 2011
Hall Pass isn't by any means flawless, but its ability to integrate extreme scatological humor with moments of genuine feeling is rare. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisFeb 24, 2011
Hall Pass is the brothers' 10th movie, and their most gangbusters since "Me, Myself & Irene." Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanFeb 24, 2011
Fans of their grossest stuff needn't fear: The Farrellys are still the guys who put the last three letters in "crass," and their potty humor was too extreme for me once or twice. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinFeb 28, 2011
It's a terrific performance-and terrifying. Owen Wilson is aging: Where goeth my own youth? Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerFeb 26, 2011
Wilson has a gawky affability here that helps redeem much that might otherwise seem tasteless (as opposed to tasteless-but-funny). Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsFeb 24, 2011
Though the film never balances the grown-up stuff with the gross-out gags, it suggests the Farrellys might be able to do mature after all. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanFeb 23, 2011
Hall Pass would like to be as dunked in reality as Judd Apatow's best comedies, but the movie is thin. The Farrellys can't quite nudge the characters from two dimensions to three. Read full review
65
NPRScott TobiasFeb 25, 2011
Still, the Farrellys have a distinct touch that carries their dubious premise across. They bring back the toilet humor of yore and make it shocking and funny again. Read full review
65
MovielineElvis MitchellFeb 24, 2011
The Comedy of Emasculation that Judd Apatow and his disciples have made into a separate economy was invented by the Farrelly brothers. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFeb 25, 2011
The plot of the movie is meh. Read full review
63
New York PostLou LumenickFeb 25, 2011
If you go, be sure to stick around through the closing credits. By far the funniest part of the movie is a blackly humorous fantasy sequence starring Merchant. Read full review
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