Keeping Up with the Joneses
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: October 21, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
16
Negative:
13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Julia CooperOct 20, 2016
Mottola’s film is the unfortunate result of too much talent met with a clunky script – and the movie crumples under the weight of the cast’s star power. Read full review
38
New York PostSara StewartOct 20, 2016
This flaccid comedy tries to spark your interest by undressing two of its four stars down to their underwear for significant periods of time. More outrageously, neither of those people is Jon Hamm. Read full review
38
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenOct 18, 2016
There’s no problem keeping up with these Joneses. The audience is way ahead of them every step of the way. Read full review
37
Washington PostAlan ZilbermanOct 20, 2016
Mottola and LeSieur seem to have actively avoided the pursuit of wisdom, settling for broad gags — and the occasional explosion — instead. Read full review
30
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergOct 20, 2016
The absence of laughs can’t be blamed on a lack of talent. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschOct 18, 2016
Stale as week-old bread and every bit as bland, the movie saddles a strong cast with a groaningly ineffectual script (courtesy of Michael LeSieur, who wrote 2006’s You, Me and Dupree) and wastes the director’s gift for bringing lived-in charm and feeling to broad comic premises. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 2, 2016
A caper comedy that neither capers nor gives birth to many laughs. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 20, 2016
Neither funny nor exciting. It’s at best incongruous, the kind of incongruity that seems delightful on the page but not in practice. Read full review
25
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallOct 18, 2016
Keeping Up With the Joneses is the sort of strenuous comedy giving zany a bad name. Read full review
20
Time OutJoshua RothkopfOct 22, 2016
Mottola has made some brilliantly idiosyncratic pictures: Superbad, Adventureland, The Daytrippers. But as Joneses’s director for hire, he’s allowed zero personality. Read full review
20
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeOct 18, 2016
This black hole of a film is a waste of this talented crew’s time, yes, but it’s also a waste of audience time, offering no laughs, no ideas, no fresh perspectives, nothing. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezOct 18, 2016
By the time the film limps toward its Marrakech-set epilogue epilogue, its experiment in social osmosis is as much a failure as its B-sitcom-grade yuks. Read full review
10
Village VoiceBilge EbiriOct 19, 2016
It’s as if somebody wrote out the basic setup, figured they would flesh out the character bits and plot twists and jokes later … and then never got around to it. It’s dispiriting and infuriating all at once. Read full review
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