Irresistible
Focus Features | Release Date (Streaming): June 26, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 49 Critic Reviews
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10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatLorry KiktaJun 27, 2020
It’s a smart comedy that points out the flaws of all aspects of the United State’s political landscape. It discusses how bad the division is in our country and how the media and politicians are complicit in this division. It’s a problem for both sides of the aisle that needs to be addressed before any real change can be made. Read full review
80
Rolling StonePeter TraversJun 23, 2020
In a twist ending, Stewart leaves us wondering if gaming the system is preferable to changing it. Can a political satire that dances on the border between silly and profound really make us take off the blinders, even for a few hours? Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJun 22, 2020
This buoyantly funny comedy offers lip-smacking entertainment that will surprise many with its skewering of both sides. Not to mention the news media that devours the Red vs. Blue war with an insatiable appetite. Read full review
76
Paste MagazineOktay Ege Kozak Jul 6, 2020
It’s a frank and vital message for our cold civil war era. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJun 25, 2020
This isn’t a hard-edged or particularly nasty film. Its political satire is even-keeled, attacking the system as an entity rather than either party in particular. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJun 22, 2020
This is a relatively gentle indictment of the cynical, money-driven political system, bolstered by winning performances from the ensemble cast. The insightful screenplay by Stewart takes Hollywood’s tendency to condescend to small-town America and turns it upside down in clever fashion. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittJun 22, 2020
Irresistible lives up to its title with an enchanting twist on a well-trod narrative and thankfully brings back the gifted satirical mind that our crazy world has sorely missed. Read full review
75
ConsequenceBlake GobleJun 22, 2020
Yes, Irresistible is a farce about political theater, and an often painfully funny one, but it’s also a deeply unnerving manifesto on the pundit economy, campaign financing, and the narcissism, ego, and collective amnesia it all fosters. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 22, 2020
When he’s on, Stewart’s skewer is sharp indeed. Read full review
67
Original-CinKaren GordonJun 25, 2020
While it has charm and an interesting twist or two, it lacks bite. Read full review
65
PolygonMatt PatchesJun 27, 2020
The satire is goofy and insightful. But unlike The Daily Show’s ripped-from-the-headlines comedy, or Stewart’s grim debut feature, the hostage biopic Rosewater, his second feature feels like it was broadcast from another galaxy, and is only now reaching our current Earthly conversation. Read full review
63
The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckJun 25, 2020
Irresistible has its smart laughs and real pleasures. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrJun 25, 2020
Irresistible is a movie of the moment. Unfortunately, that moment is 2015. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJun 24, 2020
A political farce that ultimately feels like a letdown, coming from one of the sharpest yet most compassionate satirical minds of today. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChris BarsantiJun 23, 2020
These are desperate times, but if Jon Stewart wants to tack toward a more Frank Capra vein, that’s just fine. We already have one Adam McKay. Read full review
63
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJun 22, 2020
Penetrating as it is, Irresistible exists not to score political points, but to call for a renewal of the American political process. Read full review
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