Jackass Forever
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: February 4, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
34
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzFeb 3, 2022
It is equal parts Buster Keaton-Jackie Chan slapstick extravaganza, WWE-styled spectacle, and "geek trick." Read full review
91
ColliderRoss BonaimeApr 12, 2022
Jackass Forever is ingenious, disgusting, and one of the most hysterical films you’ll see this year, while also managing to be a wonderfully touching celebration of these jackasses and their history together. Read full review
91
The Film StageDan MeccaFeb 10, 2022
Any pain is endured and ultimately enjoyed (save the insane gags Knoxville pulls), allowing audiences a guilt-free good time at the movies. It may not be smart, but the feeling of joy sure as hell ain’t stupid. Read full review
90
Little White LiesHannah StrongFeb 3, 2022
This comforting, crass blast from the past confirms the Jackass gang as modern-day legends. Pandemics come and go. The tides turn and pop culture trends live and die on the whim of social media. But Jackass? Baby, Jackass is Forever. Read full review
90
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonFeb 3, 2022
Two things continue to hoist “Jackass” above its legion of imitators, many of whom are now found on TikTok. First, the razor-sharp slow-motion cinematography, which immortalizes writhing men in wet underpants with the devotion of Michelangelo sculpting “The Pietà.” Second — and more important — is the crew’s friendship. Read full review
90
IGNSiddhant AdlakhaFeb 2, 2022
The fourth (and hopefully final, for the sake of its cast) Jackass is a nostalgic laugh riot. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleSarah JaneFeb 2, 2022
I don’t say this lightly, but I think jackass forever is exactly what we need right now. Read full review
88
Washington PostHau ChuFeb 2, 2022
Not since “Magic Mike XXL” has there been a greater testament to the cathartic, even rapturous power of men baring their bodies in performance. Read full review
85
SlashfilmJosh SpiegelFeb 2, 2022
Jackass Forever is as bluntly, dementedly, brilliantly funny and horrific, and unforgettable as any of its predecessors or the TV series that started it all. If you are a fan of anything or anyone even tangentially related to Jackass Forever, you can rest assured that you know what you're getting. Read full review
83
ConsequenceBen KayeFeb 2, 2022
These jackasses up there on the screen are breaking bones, facing fears, and throwing their bodies against anything they can think of because they find a joy in it. There’s joy amongst this fellowship of freaks, and they’re sharing it with a worldwide audience that’s faced mostly melancholy for far too long. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichFeb 2, 2022
Despite its new failures and familiar assortment of dud stunts (Wee-Man being launched onto a pile of metal is a pretty lame payoff to that musical chairs gag), Jackass Forever inevitably benefits from a stronger emotional undertow than any of the series’ previous films. Read full review
82
PolygonSoham GadreFeb 4, 2022
If the Jackass crew, headed up as always by director Jeff Tremaine and star Johnny Knoxville, have dedicated themselves to anything, it’s staying young at heart. Their latest film is an uproarious, adolescent, and at times nauseating display of how time won’t affect your ability to have fun if you don’t let it. Read full review
80
NMEJames McMahonFeb 10, 2022
There’s a kindness and companionship – and freedom – to Jackass Forever that makes for 90 minutes of pure joy. Read full review
80
Time OutHanna FlintFeb 3, 2022
It’s comforting to know that when Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and pals put themselves through the most dangerous, juvenile stunts they could imagine, a hilarious time will be had. Read full review
80
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzFeb 3, 2022
I can sympathize with the skeptics who take one look at Jackass’s cultural durability and shake their heads in disgust over the state of the world. But, as ever, there is a subversive method to Knoxville’s madness: an obsessive, and impressive, drive to tease the forever-blurry lines between comedy and pain. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshFeb 3, 2022
Jackass Forever transcends the body horror to achieve a kind of nirvana: The crew invite themselves to laugh so they don’t cry, and ask the audience to do the same. It’s a reminder that pain is temporary but friendship is forever. Read full review
80
TimeStephanie ZacharekFeb 3, 2022
I’d argue that the Jackass movies, including this one, are mostly filled with joy. Read full review
80
Rolling StoneDavid FearFeb 2, 2022
Forget the title: Jackass can’t go on forever. Just enjoy one last chance to see these beautiful f*ck-ups do what they do best before they limp and hobble off into the sunset. Read full review
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyFeb 2, 2022
Laugh for laugh, it may well be a series peak. I bow down to the perfection of one immaculately organised prank in a furniture shop, especially when innocent bystanders weigh in with their “He went all up in the ceiling!” comments. Read full review
80
ScreenCrushMatt SingerFeb 2, 2022
In more ways than one, Jackass Forever really might be the most balls out comedy ever produced. Read full review
80
EmpireKambole CampbellFeb 2, 2022
Jackass Forever is a hilarious, even genuinely touching reunion of America’s most vulgar performance artists. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel for the series or definitively say goodbye to it, nor does it need to — it’s simply enough to remember that some things never get old. Read full review
80
TheWrapRobert AbeleFeb 2, 2022
As always, what’s so joyously, infectiously funny about “Jackass” is rarely the prank itself, but how funny they all find it to reduce each other to writhing heaps. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 2, 2022
“This isn’t a Mensa convention!” says one player. Is that disingenuous? Isn’t there, in fact, some advanced showbiz intelligence and surrealist savvy in the way Jackass is set up and edited? Either way, it has a horror-comedy impact. Read full review
75
The AtlanticDavid SimsFeb 14, 2022
Perhaps this really is the last Jackass; regardless, the series has survived so long not just because of the extravagance it conjures, but because of the camaraderie it inspires. Read full review
75
UproxxVince ManciniFeb 11, 2022
To say that I was mildly disappointed in Jackass Forever is true. To say that I spent the entire movie screaming, stomping my feet, covering my face with my hands, and squealing with joy, and would’ve happily sat through another 90 minutes of it is also true. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyJoshua RothkopfFeb 3, 2022
There's a deeper idea here — really! — and it's one that only gets more obvious with time, something to do with arrested boyhood and the gleeful self-ruination of one's own body. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJake ColeFeb 2, 2022
To see the old-timers pass the torch to their acolytes cements the improbable importance of Jackass in American pop culture. Read full review
71
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerFeb 2, 2022
More casual viewers’ mileage may vary on which stunts are laugh-out-loud funny and which are abjectly horrifying, and the rickety carnival rollercoaster ride works better when the other passengers—whether fellow audience members or the on-camera talent—are screaming and laughing along in equal measure. Read full review
70
VoxAlissa WilkinsonFeb 11, 2022
I stumbled into the night after Jackass Forever with aching cheeks from laughing, a sore derriere from sitting, and a little bit of gratitude to inhabit a planet with people who don’t mind being fools on purpose Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriFeb 8, 2022
Jackass Forever is a kinder, gentler Jackass, but thankfully, it’s not a more mature one. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanFeb 2, 2022
You can only hope, for these dudes’ sakes, that “Jackass” isn’t forever. But for now it’s earning its yucks, and its yuck. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonFeb 2, 2022
Some things never change: the pranks remain juvenile, the stunts continue to range from harrowing to disgusting, and the laughs come at a steady clip, even if there’s more than a little familiarity to the formula by now. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubMatt SchimkowitzFeb 2, 2022
It’s the group’s most joyous installment to date, even if the series itself is starting to show some wear and tear. Read full review
63
The Associated PressJake CoyleFeb 2, 2022
The “Jackass” gang make for a rollicking antidote to the beautiful, unblemished people who play superheroes that never so much as bleed. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 2, 2022
Knoxville and the others go about their messy business with a glee that is impossibly contagious. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 2, 2022
Sure, these guys now have a budget to work with and they can pull off some elaborate stunts, but we’ve seen so much viral, backyard Jackassery through the years, the shock value has dissipated and all that remains is the cringe factor and a growing feeling of restlessness as the gags become repetitive and tiresome. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 2, 2022
Jackass Forever is a valedictory victory lap for the scruffy little troupe of “stunt” dudes who risk almost certain injury — and certain humiliation — for laughs, lowbrow fame and cold-hard-cash. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 2, 2022
Jackass Forever is being released only in theaters, providing the opportunity for its fans who find constant hilarity in its sophomoric antics to share their pleasure with like-minded brethren. The rest of us can only shake our heads and wonder about the future of civilization. Read full review
40
Total FilmJamie GrahamFeb 2, 2022
Jackass Forever has laughs and thrills and will goose your nostalgia, but it’s like a modern-day Rolling Stones gig – the hits are replayed but satisfaction is elusive. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonFeb 2, 2022
So it’s not my bag, but I went into Jackass Forever with the best intentions. Read full review
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