Mansome
Paladin (II) | Release Date: May 18, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
7
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMay 16, 2012
The best thing about the movie is that it keeps drawing conclusions in opposite directions. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn LevyMay 17, 2012
There are a few chuckles, a few head-scratches and, thankfully, very few missteps. It charms. Read full review
50
SalonAndrew O'HehirMay 20, 2012
It's kind of endearing and kind of asinine. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMay 18, 2012
Offers mostly skin-deep snapshots of various men and their grooming habits. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisMay 17, 2012
It's a movie so late in noticing a shift in American male grooming that for a documentary on the subject to work, Spurlock would either have to pitch it to our grandparents (or be a grandparent) or trace the arc of the shift and unpack it. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMay 17, 2012
Think of Mansome as the equivalent of a $10 manicure: It'll modestly enhance your day without making any lasting impact. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovMay 16, 2012
Mansome is mostly miss, and pretty thin as well. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearMay 15, 2012
Their brotherly bickering may be a useful time killer until the new Arrested Development episodes drop, but it's ultimately foamy filler added to a frustratingly frothy film that says nothing about its subject. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick PinkertonMay 15, 2012
While making a priority of squeezing in every usable bit of celebrity face-time, Mansome passes by potentially interesting digressions without more than a wayward glance. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineGerard RaymondMay 16, 2012
The sociological commentary and historical perspectives are superficial at best and the targets often too easy. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldMay 17, 2012
Mr. Spurlock's film already feels a few years late to the discussion of an easily mockable subject, but it is a dud as a diversion. Read full review
25
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeMay 18, 2012
Mansome is basically a reality-TV episode, with similar production values and precisely the same depth of perception. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 17, 2012
So you get comments from the likes of Paul Rudd, Adam Carolla and Judd Apatow, all trying to be funny, but not one says anything remotely amusing or worth hearing. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinMay 16, 2012
If Spurlock had simply followed Waters around for 80 minutes, the result would be more entertaining than Mansome. Hell, 80 minutes of John Waters sleeping would be more fun than Mansome. Read full review
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