Lazer Team
| Release Date: January 27, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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4
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7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Entertainment WeeklyDylan KickhamFeb 17, 2016
It’s the confidence and energy of the four leads that keep the comedy moving forward. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'HehirJan 28, 2016
Lazer Team is a pastiche based on a beloved pattern; it understands its own limitations but seeks to maximize its potential. All the characters are presented with immense affection and offered the chance to grow and develop, by which I mean to be gifted with inexplicable superpowers, to be repeatedly struck in the groin area by projectiles and to be mocked by others for their moments of vulnerability. Read full review
70
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyJan 26, 2016
Because it's made by people who understand the importance of a clever script and want their audience to have fun, Lazer Team may just prove to be 2016's most entertaining superhero movie. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis HarveyFeb 2, 2016
Lazer Team is consistently enjoyable in a respectable-dumb-fun way, which puts it a few light-years ahead of most similar stuff Hollywood has come up with lately. Read full review
58
The Film StageJose SolísJan 28, 2016
While Lazer Team might not be the most original of sci-fi comedies, it possesses the kind of self awareness — and unabashed love of genre that other films try to pass off as “homage” or “ironic referencing” — that make it quite impossible not to root for it to succeed. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJan 26, 2016
Lazer Team is carried along by the sheer enthusiasm of its main quartet....It’s just too bad that there’s less wit in the dialogue than there is in the Barenaked Ladies’ closing-credits song. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJan 27, 2016
Sharply edited while ranging all over the comic map – Lazer Team has its share of groaners, to be sure – it’s a solid debut from Austin’s gaming and comedy hometown heroes. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerFeb 14, 2016
The comedy is sophomoric and sort-of spoofy; satire happens here and there. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 25, 2016
A cast of no-names and a story so clunky it grinds gears every time it changes scenes take nothing from surprisingly effective (cheap) effects and the odd laugh-out-loud one-liner. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFeb 2, 2016
A few bright moments aside, these annoying characters don't grow on us anywhere near as much as the filmmakers expect them to, and the shoestring-budget FX work, which would be more than good enough in a film buoyed by some wit, just underlines the movie's pedestrian qualities. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJan 28, 2016
Lazer Team ends by setting itself up for a sequel, but that’s mighty wishful thinking. There’s not a big demand for laugh-free comedies. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJan 28, 2016
At 100 minutes, it feels about 80 minutes too long, and that’s not a good sign. Lazer Team might have made a fun and pleasant short. Read full review
12
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmJan 29, 2016
This movie is, in essence, a product of fame and money without the slightest tangible shred of effort. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineClayton DillardJan 25, 2016
The premise thoughtlessly combines elements from Marvel comics, Men and Black, and a swath of '80s pop culture to curiously neutered effect. Read full review
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