Lay the Favorite
RADiUS-TWC | Release Date: December 7, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
9
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
The New York TimesA.O. ScottDec 6, 2012
The movie is a bust, and, as usual in these situations, it is easier to say how than why, and best to say as little as possible, cut one's losses and move on. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonDec 4, 2012
Screeches and scrambles from scene to scene with manic sitcom energy, much like the cherished pet hamster of one of its characters. Read full review
25
The PlaylistJohn LichmanDec 6, 2012
By the end of the film it seems that even Frears has given up. Lay The Favorite places a bet but comes up empty with a comedy that won't make you smirk, with a gaggle of characters and actors who bounce and riff with very little rhyme or reason. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneDec 6, 2012
Hollywood celebrities romping around in a candy-colored Alexa-shot criminal underworld, pretty much as a means of passing time. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDec 6, 2012
One of those factors must have settled upon the unlucky shoulders of Stephen Frears, who certainly has the pedigree to go all the way. And yet, he stumbles so badly with Lay the Favorite, his comic adaptation of Beth Raymer's memoir, that one is left wondering what could possibly have gone wrong. Read full review
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