Just Getting Started
Broad Green Pictures | Release Date: December 8, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
21
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberDec 8, 2017
The film is ingratiating enough, but its main value is to make us eager for another, more substantial Shelton movie long before another decade has slipped by. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyDec 9, 2017
Dramatically and comically impotent. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 9, 2017
What it doesn’t have, in any abundance, is laughs. “Started” plays like a Ron Shelton comedy for people too old to enjoy Ron Shelton comedies. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersDec 8, 2017
Even a cast with this many award wins and nominations can't salvage a script that will have viewers audibly sighing, rather than laughing. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaDec 9, 2017
My most basic litmus test for whether a comedy is working is whether it makes me laugh. I groaned, maybe, but no chuckles emanated from me or from my lone fellow patron. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerDec 8, 2017
This film is a total dud and an insult to the intelligence of anyone who would see it — especially the seniors who clearly are the movie’s target audience. “Just Getting Started” simply never does get started. It’s D.O.A. Read full review
25
TheWrapDan CallahanDec 8, 2017
There is both too much plot in Just Getting Started and too little. Read full review
20
The New York TimesA.O. ScottDec 12, 2017
In spite of the charm and discipline of the stars, the jokes misfire and the scenes creak and stumble. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovDec 13, 2017
Abysmal, unfunny, and ultimately, completely unnecessary. Read full review
10
VarietyJoe LeydonDec 8, 2017
Some bad movies trigger swells of anger and outrage, while others prompt industrial-grade snark and scorn. And then there are leaden clunkers like Just Getting Started that provoke an ineffable sense of sadness as one considers how much time, money and talent has been squandered on something so thoroughly useless. Read full review
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