Jackpot!
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): August 15, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
11
Negative:
7
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RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 14, 2024
Merely being violent and unpredictable does not make a film like Jackpot funny. Therein lies the biggest problem here: the laughs don’t come nearly to the degree required to make the complete lack of morality or interesting characters palatable. Read full review
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The PlaylistCharles BarfieldAug 15, 2024
For as many laughs as they’re trying to get, only about half of them land. All told, Jackpot is an action comedy that is light on laughs and heavy on repetitive droning fights. Jackpot even fails as a social commentary. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 19, 2024
Bad one-liners, performers straining to find a laugh, Awkwafina making one question why stardom ever came her way, and even John Cena is at a loss about what to do to make this abortion of an action comedy show a pulse. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerAug 14, 2024
Jackpot! involves a fight to the finish between the abundant charisma and likability of leads Awkwafina and John Cena and the impossible material they were given. The actors lose, because nobody could survive so many jokes based on groin kicks and bathroom humor or a movie premise as lacking in context as it is sky-high in concept. Read full review
25
ObserverEmily ZemlerAug 14, 2024
Despite the cast and the director’s best efforts, this is a movie that so desperately wants to be edgy that it somehow becomes completely dull. Read full review
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriAug 15, 2024
The real problem with Jackpot! (aside from the inept direction, the unfunny script, and the irritating characters) is that the whole film indulges in a kind of misanthropy that would require a lot more thought and ballsiness to pull off. Read full review
10
ColliderRobert Brian TaylorAug 14, 2024
The movie might be called Jackpot!, but no one is leaving this one a winner. Read full review
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