Last Vegas
CBS Films | Release Date: November 1, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
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12
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16
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 31, 2013
Last Vegas is an entertaining movie with a lot of integrity, and it gives all of its actors - all heavyweights and Oscar winners - real moments to dig in and play something. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 31, 2013
There’s virtually nothing subtle or surprising about the story, and yet one can’t help but smile throughout watching five Academy Award-winning actors breezing their way through an obvious but lovely and funny adventure. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnOct 28, 2013
As Last Vegas glides along, satisfying expectations while always aiming low, it makes peace with being inoffensively mediocre. Like Vegas itself, the story goes down easy, but its appeal is hard to remember once you leave it behind. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyOct 28, 2013
Although formulaic in design and programmed to meet its quota of laughs, the film makes a point of going beyond basic expectations into some legitimate aspects of mature friendships without getting soggy about it. Read full review
67
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallOct 31, 2013
Nostalgia counts a lot and needs to, with this sitcom-level material and Jon Turteltaub's uninspired direction. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanOct 30, 2013
After a while, you truly start to see the formula gears churning, but given that, it helps to have an actress like Mary Steenburgen, who at 60 still possesses an amazing glow, as well as a snappier comic timing than ever. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzNov 1, 2013
The picture begins vanishing from the memory the instant that its final credits roll, and its laid back attitude suggest it's fine with that. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversOct 31, 2013
Special kudos to Freeman, who kills it on the dance floor and later while drunk off his ass on vodka and Red Bull. You'll groan as much as howl at the jokes, but the veteran stars have a ball acting their age. Even when all else fails them, they're good company. Read full review
63
Washington PostStephanie MerryOct 31, 2013
It’s the actors, plus an exuberant Mary Steenburgen as quick-witted lounge singer Diana, who make the movie more than a middling copycat. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsOct 31, 2013
A genial "Hangover" for the AARP set, Last Vegas is roughly what you'd expect, or fear, but a little better. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreOct 30, 2013
Last Vegas isn’t “out there” in a “Hangover” sense. It’s comical comfort food, with actors doing the sorts of things they’ve done for decades. But even if this is the safest Vegas romp of them all, this cast never lets us forget that we’re in very good hands. Read full review
63
Film.comKate ErblandOct 29, 2013
It certainly doesn’t hurt that Douglas, De Niro, Freeman, and Kline are just plain fun to watch together. As predictable and occasionally uncomfortable as Last Vegas can be, it’s an assured crowd-pleaser. Read full review
60
EmpireAnna SmithDec 30, 2013
While it’s as tacky and obvious as Sin City itself, this comedy is watchable thanks to a lively pace and spirited turns from Kline and Steenburgen. An unabashed old-timers’ fantasy. Read full review
60
The GuardianJohn PattersonNov 3, 2013
Last Vegas is a good-natured bimbo of a movie, it'll do just about anything to please you, though luckily that includes delivering the 20 big laughs you feel you're owed (unlike The Hangovers), and gently jerking a tear or two. You enjoy it in spite of yourself. Read full review
60
Village VoiceChris PackhamOct 31, 2013
The film’s hidden asset is the luminous Mary Steenburgen, funny and gorgeous as an empty-nest mom turned lounge chanteuse who beguiles the dudes with age-appropriate flirting and arch humor. Read full review
60
Time OutEric HynesOct 31, 2013
Rote ageist jokes abound (“Do you guys have drugs?” asks a bachelorette; “Does Lipitor count?” responds Kline), but they come with an inclusive, self-deprecating spirit that grows more endearing over the duration. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerNov 1, 2013
It’s still a bit early in the long careers of these actors, especially Kline, to be playing creaky codgers. It’s bad enough when Hollywood casts women over the age of 30 as grandmothers-in-waiting. Now we have to endure an onslaught of famous veteran actors complaining about their hips. Read full review
58
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthOct 28, 2013
Yes, it's uneven, more jokes miss than hit, and it winds up taking easy dramatic shortcuts from the more interesting avenues that the script presents, but it's thanks to the lead quartet that the comedy is as engaging at it is. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNov 2, 2013
It has the sensibilities of a late-'80s/early-'90s forgettable big-screen sit com and probably won't find many interested viewers who aren't card-carrying AARP members. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNov 2, 2013
We know where it’s going, and it doesn’t take long to get there. There are some good jokes along the way, a few of them blandly off-color. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyOct 31, 2013
The movie is a preholiday trifle that’s mildly risqué and a lot sentimental. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickOct 31, 2013
The film at least achieves the level of mediocrity thanks to the professionalism of two slightly younger participants — Kline and Mary Steenburgen, who also have Oscars on their mantels but go well beyond phoning it in here. Read full review
50
USA TodayScott BowlesOct 31, 2013
Alas, this all-star ensemble comedy that trumpets (too loudly) that it's a "Hangover" on hemorrhoid cream musters enough laughs to be passable, if not memorable. And that's thanks to Morgan Freeman's showmanship. Read full review
50
VarietyScott FoundasOct 28, 2013
A smattering of funny gags and the nostalgia value of the cast — none of whom, curiously, have ever shared the screen before — keeps the whole thing more watchable than it has any right to be. Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. ScottOct 31, 2013
If you approach Last Vegas expecting an emotionally engaging, in any way surprising, moviegoing experience, you will be disappointed. But if you want the equivalent of an old-fashioned television variety show — a Very Special Evening with Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas and Kevin Kline — you might not have such a bad time. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOct 31, 2013
Though coming off at times like Adam Sandler’s “Grown-ups,” only with Oscar winners, Last Vegas is a genial little comedy for the crowd it’s intended for. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenOct 31, 2013
It’s delightful to see these acting pros hamming it up in this movie. They look as though they’re having a blast. The same can’t be said for the audience. Read full review
40
The DissolveNathan RabinOct 30, 2013
It’s the geriatric equivalent of a ramshackle teen sex comedy, only intermittently elevated by the caliber of the talent involved. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniNov 1, 2013
Just call this movie "The Hangover: AARP Strikes Back." Read full review
38
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsOct 31, 2013
In trying to lift this lame schtick, De Niro, Douglas, Freeman and Kline are stand-up guys, but Last Vegas is a case of erectile dysfunction. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzOct 31, 2013
It’s all predictable and, despite the best efforts of Turteltaub and screenwriter Dan Fogelman at something a little risky, it’s pretty lame. Read full review
25
Boston GlobePeter KeoughOct 31, 2013
Somewhere between John Cassavetes’s “Husbands” (1970) and “The Hangover” (2009) you will find Last Vegas. Not necessarily a bad place to be, except the film unfortunately has the madcap hilarity of the former and the emotional intensity of the latter. Read full review
16
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyOct 30, 2013
The high point of Last Vegas is also arguably the low point of Robert De Niro’s career. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineAbhimanyu DasOct 28, 2013
The film is depressing, sub-sitcom fodder that will dull whatever affection you may still harbor for these legendary actors. Read full review
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