Hell Baby
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: September 6, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 5, 2013
Its modest (if occasionally gross-out) stabs at genre parody rarely insult our intelligence and even allow for the kind of retro deadpan silliness Mel Brooks used to underline his louder punch lines. Read full review
70
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekSep 4, 2013
The movie is delightfully crude in places (including an instance of relay puking) and just plain silly-clever in others. Read full review
70
The DissolveNathan RabinJul 29, 2013
It’s modest, scrappy, and resourceful, a low-budget comedy that makes the most of a central setting and a cast packed with gifted improvisers. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloSep 4, 2013
Functions exactly like a sketch movie, using its meager, essentially irrelevant plot as a clothesline upon which to string a series of self-contained bits. At least half of the bits are pretty damn funny, though, and that’s arguably all that matters. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenSep 1, 2013
Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon display a freewheelin' sense of invention that should be watched closely, because they have the raw stuff of major comic filmmakers. Read full review
58
The PlaylistGabe ToroSep 5, 2013
Hell Baby works as a joke factory first and foremost, a collection of tropes (some mocked) second, and a movie a distant third. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartSep 30, 2013
The birth of the titular infant — what the whole movie’s leading up to — is just an anticlimactic mess. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsSep 6, 2013
Like bad houseguests, the creators of Hell Baby overstay their welcome. Read full review
50
Film.comWilliam GossJun 28, 2013
Given Garant and Lennon’s background on “The State” and “Reno 911,” their scattershot approach as filmmakers isn’t especially surprising; for every oddly specific Shakespeare reference or detour to the local po-boy joint, there’s an ongoing parade of puke and an awful rubber suit with which to contend. Read full review
38
USA TodayScott BowlesSep 6, 2013
Hell Baby is what happens when you try to parody a parody. The result is a film that's less than half as funny as its predecessor, and a sliver as clever as the original. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 5, 2013
The film, written and directed by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, rarely dares to be smart, settling instead for familiar gags that would have the Devil himself yawning. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSep 5, 2013
Evil babies aren’t exactly fresh meat for parody. Then again, there’s hardly a laugh in this whole hellish thing. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweJun 28, 2013
Garant and Lennon’ script, with its insistence on constantly repeating the same gags, rapidly wears thin. Read full review
12
Boston GlobePeter KeoughSep 5, 2013
As a five-minute sketch it would have been so-so. But as a 93-minute slog through witless puerility, it seems like an eternity in hell, baby. Read full review
10
VarietyStaff [Not Credited]Jun 28, 2013
Tedious and tasteless in equal measure, the lazy horror parody Hell Baby gives grossout comedy a bad name. Read full review
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