Kickin It Old Skool
Yari Film Group Releasing | Release Date: April 27, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
18
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
3
Negative:
11
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50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Some of the humor is pretty raunchy (there are quite a few sex-related scenes and jokes) and tasteless. Adults old enough to appreciate the choice electro-boogaloo soundtrack and get the "Mr. Roboto" jokes will doubtless find the rest of it painfully dumb. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
For a film that has nothing to offer but lazy '80s nostalgia, Kickin' It Old Skool doesn't even bother to get the details right. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil Genzlinger
A romantic subplot is formulaic, and, most disappointing, the break-dance sequences don't sizzle, though the film's director, Harvey Glazer, is known for his music videos. Keep an eye out, however, for some nutty cameos. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Probably as tolerable as it can be for a comedy with no obvious creative aim. You can imagine the crew cracking up on some outtake reel, which honestly is what this movie feels like. Read full review
30
VarietyDennis Harvey
An inauspicious feature debut for director Harv Glazer and all three scenarists, the "Big"-meets-breakdancing comedy will be kickin' it to ancillary by swimsuit season. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The ineptitude of the movie's drama is matched only by the failure of its humor. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
A very stupid movie, with many more failed jokes than successful ones. Worse yet, much of the comedy is kind of mean. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Fails to live up to even the feeble potential of its premise. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
About eight minutes of this comedy is devoted to some terrific breakdancing; the rest consists of wall-to-wall product placement and politically incorrect bad-taste comedy. Read full review
12
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
As appealing as acid-washed jeans, Kickin' It Old Skool exists solely to provide employment for aggressively abrasive comic actor Jamie Kennedy. Read full review
10
L.A. WeeklyJim Ridley
This ostensible comedy may be a new depths-of-hell low in the Emmanuel Lewis filmography, but for star Jamie Kennedy it’s par for the coarse. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesMark Olsen
A witless, mind-numbingly inert comedy. Read full review
0
New York PostLou Lumenick
A pathetically unfunny comedy that should have been shipped straight to video, if not recycled as guitar picks. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
Kennedy’s humor comes from the broad, brainless, lowest-common-denominator school (in other words, he was born to play a grown man with the intelligence of an boy). Read full review
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