Jexi
Lionsgate | Release Date: October 11, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
6
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The A.V. ClubBeatrice LoayzaOct 11, 2019
Surely, bland cultural insights can’t defeat a film whose main attraction is the promise of stupid, raunchy fun? Reader, Jexi fails even at that, as it awkwardly struggles across its slim running time to land a single one of its existentially painful, seemingly bot-generated jokes. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeOct 11, 2019
Nearly everything misfires here — bizarrely so, since we can see where the laughs should come, how they would work, and how a more competent movie would get from A to Z. (To be fair, some jokes do land, just not as satisfyingly as you'd hope.) Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleZaki HasanOct 14, 2019
Jexi feels hopelessly out of step with the moment. Despite its subject matter, it’s a flip phone movie in a smart phone world. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 11, 2019
Devine? Still an acquired taste that defies acquisition. Read full review
20
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanOct 11, 2019
Although this wasteful effort from the “Bad Moms” team is uninspired in almost every regard, it does advance cinema in a single way: writers-directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore have figured out how to modernize one of the most traditional and apparently still essential Hollywood tropes: the Crazy Bitch. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersOct 10, 2019
Jexi is such a dumb, lazy film that it might have even the most ardent cinephile reaching for their device, ready to defend their defection to the dark side when faced with this clunker of a comedy. Read full review
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