Me Time
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): August 26, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
14
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RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyAug 26, 2022
Me Time has some structural problems that drag the story, taking too long to reintroduce Huck in the second act, and littering the overall canvas with too many side players throughout. But it comes with enough rewards nonetheless thanks to an idiosyncratic group of lovable people who just need to get a little crazy in order to survive as their true selves. Read full review
50
Screen RantPatrice WitherspoonSep 1, 2022
Me Time may not be a groundbreaking entry into Netflix’s catalog, but it offers reliable laughs for anyone needing an escape from their own hectic reality. Read full review
50
IGNMatt FowlerAug 31, 2022
Me Time has bursts of energy and vibrancy, mostly involving its two leads and their snappy chemistry, but it's also a hodgepodge of predictable buddy comedy beats that doesn't do much to separate itself from what's come before. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonAug 25, 2022
It’s not just that more timely humor would do better; it’s that most comedy fans would probably rather be watching MacGruber again. Instead of sitting down for Me Time, do that, and hope that Hart and Wahlberg figure out a proper story next time that gives their chemistry somewhere to go. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredScott CampbellAug 26, 2022
Me Time has plenty of talent and a potentially interesting hook, but it's quickly drowned in a sea of comic mediocrity. Read full review
40
The GuardianCharles BramescoAug 25, 2022
The film would be in the general neighborhood of irresistible if not for the wonky mechanics of story and character that convey a conflicted impression of Hart’s onscreen persona. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 25, 2022
Writer-director John Hamburg (writer of “Meet the Parents,” director of “Along Came Polly” and “I Love You, Man”) has the ability to wring big laughs out of absurdist situations, but in Me Time, nearly everybody delivers their lines in the forced manner of 1980s sitcoms, the situations bear little resemblance to anything that would occur in the real world. Read full review
38
The Associated PressLindsey BahrAug 25, 2022
Me Time somehow squanders a solid premise, a stacked cast and a seemingly unlimited budget. It didn’t need to be anything great in this movie comedy drought we seem to be in. But considering who was involved, it really should be better than it is. Read full review
33
UproxxVince ManciniSep 3, 2022
90% of the jokes in Me Time are just Kevin Hart doing an excessive act-out for a C+ bit, which will occasionally go on so long that they will, Baba Booey-like, circle around to being funny again through sheer commitment to tedium. Read full review
30
TimeStephanie ZacharekAug 29, 2022
With the trillions of entertainment options available today, we can all afford to be a little more discriminating in how low we’re willing to stoop, and Me Time sets the bar around ankle height. Read full review
30
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeAug 25, 2022
There is a flatness that feels apparent in every shot — and not just because the movie is filmed in bright, low contrast lighting. The film’s experienced cast punches their lines in search of jokes that never materialize, leaving the comedy to nosedive. Read full review
30
VarietyAmy NicholsonAug 25, 2022
The disarray is baffling for the audience, and downright punishing for Hart, whose lead character is forced to shape-shift between scenes, veering from milquetoast to petty to tyrannical to pushed-around. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 7, 2024
It doesn’t work. It should have, but it doesn’t, despite Hart’s best efforts. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussAug 25, 2022
Credit to Hart, though, for trying to make every scene, comic or sentimental, as strong as he can. He reads each line that’s supposed to be funny as if it is, locates Sonny’s emotional truth no matter how ridiculous the scene is, and never lets his signature energy sag. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyAug 25, 2022
What the movie lacks in wit it makes up for with variety. Read full review
24
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiAug 25, 2022
The whole film feels like filler, an empty space waiting to be padded with plot points, characters and jokes that are so generic it was incredibly easy to transform them into product placement. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAug 26, 2022
Me Time is less of a movie than it is a bulletin board filled with half-thought-out premises for dirty jokes. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAug 25, 2022
There’s nary an amusing or unpredictable moment in the film. Read full review
16
ColliderChase HutchinsonAug 25, 2022
Me Time just goes through the motions of a wacky comedy without any of the actually funny components. Read full review
10
ABC NewsPeter TraversAug 26, 2022
Despite the star presence of Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg, this laugh-starved, buddy comedy is crushingly dim-witted and disposable. Read full review
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