Mack & Rita
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: August 12, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
TheWrapFran HoepfnerAug 10, 2022
Mack & Rita is silly, but it’s a strong, necessary kind of silly, a warm and embracing kind of silly. Keaton has rarely been so bubbling and bright, reminding us that regardless of age, being true to yourself is all that really counts in a person. The love will come no matter what. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comNell MinowAug 12, 2022
The film's promising setup and excellent cast are let down by a script so forgettable that even to try to summarize it is to feel it dissolve from memory. Read full review
60
The New York TimesLisa KennedyAug 12, 2022
Directed with some unexpected beats by Katie Aselton, the comedy captures a bit of the esprit de girlfriends of HBO’s “Insecure,” but borrows too giddily from the Nancy Meyers rom-com catalog of upscale homes. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenAug 10, 2022
At times disarming, at others plain silly, it takes a few daring leaps without quite avoiding middle-of-the-road sitcom territory. Read full review
60
VarietyAmy NicholsonAug 10, 2022
The film does, at minimum, convince us that most people would want to transform into Keaton if given the opportunity. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattAug 19, 2022
Keaton seems to be having a ball with her pratfalls too, though you wish it wasn't all played so silly and flat-out conventional in the end: new broad, old tricks. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubCourtney HowardAug 11, 2022
Visually, fusing the story with a warm, contemporary aesthetic makes it a pleasant enough affair. But ultimately, Mack & Rita is a passable work at best for Aselton (Black Rock and The Freebie serve as better showcases for her creative voice), and consequently, it’s unlikely to lead to her soon swapping chairs with the director of the next big-budget blockbuster. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAug 12, 2022
Aselton has a light touch as a director, and she wisely trots out an all-star parade of comedy heavyweights to distract from the script issues. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeSerena PuangAug 11, 2022
The film misses an opportunity to portray the complexity of one’s 30s — and 70s. Still, Mack & Rita is a quirky movie that reminds the audience to live life to the fullest, whatever age they are. Read full review
42
ColliderChase HutchinsonAug 10, 2022
By the time it all eventually wraps up with some lackluster lessons conveyed via a painfully sappy final scene, you’ll wish the film had taken the chance to go on a journey with Keaton and Paige instead of whatever this all was. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 10, 2022
Maybe if “Rita” had been forced into more bachelorette weekend antics with Paige, bubbly Aimee Carrero and Addie Weyrich, the strain of trying to keep up, comically, with Keaton wouldn’t have been so obvious. As it is, “Mack & Rita” is a criminal waste of seasoned comic talent and a criminal misuse of some of the most beautiful Hollywood starlets coming up behind them. Read full review
37
Washington PostKristen Page-KirbyAug 10, 2022
Mack & Rita feels, paradoxically, both too short and overlong. It could have examined the theme of aging much more deeply. Alternatively, it might have made a nice short film about a young person who becomes a senior citizen for a night. As it is, it’s a story that doesn’t need to be told and isn’t told very well. Read full review
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The Associated PressMark KennedyAug 11, 2022
Virtually no one associated with this film should be congratulated in any way, having ruptured any bridges between Hollywood and senior citizens or for the shocking misuse of Diane Keaton’s considerable skills. Read full review
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