Mr. Right
Focus World | Release Date: April 8, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
4
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 7, 2016
The chemistry between Rockwell and Kendrick drives the movie. They’re fast and wonderful together. But Mr. Right has an abundance of strong supporting performances as well. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAndy WebsterApr 7, 2016
Ms. Kendrick — whether playing daffy, amorous, insightful or indignant — carries the movie. And her surprising shades of grit don’t hurt, either. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Nathalie AtkinsonMay 26, 2016
The movie wears its situational zaniness lightly and depends on the rapid-fire dialogue, charm and killer chemistry of its romantic duo. Just enjoy its loopy pleasures. Read full review
75
New York PostLou LumenickApr 7, 2016
This sort of violent comedy — think “True Lies’’ meets “Grosse Pointe Blank’’ — is tough to pull off, but Spanish director Paco Cabezas and screenwriter Max Landis (“American Ultra’’) nail a screwball fantasy vibe that stops just inches short of downright silliness. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 19, 2015
A crowd-pleaser despite its missteps and occasionally because of them, the pic enlivens some stale conceits about killers-for-hire and the women who love them. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyDevan CogganApr 8, 2016
The ludicrous action-flick plot slows to a crawl whenever Kendrick and Rockwell aren’t on screen. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldApr 7, 2016
Rockwell and Kendrick, both of whom can really sell this film’s brand of laid-back quirk, keep things lively. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenApr 3, 2016
It has a bouncy sense of lunacy, wearing its derivative junkiness on its sleeve with surprising lightness of authority. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlApr 7, 2016
Clowning, bullet-riddled rom-com Mr. Right is awfully charming in the best and worse senses of the phrase. It's often kind of awful but also weirdly effervescent, a movie that salves, with its stars' radiance and charisma, even as it grates. Read full review
50
Washington PostPat PaduaApr 7, 2016
The film’s likeable leads almost carry off a dark premise: that the love that strengthens this couple also makes them dangerous. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayApr 6, 2016
Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell have often been the lone bright spot in otherwise dismal movies, and it takes their combined charm to redeem Mr. Right. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter DebrugeSep 19, 2015
This peculiar high-danger romance — which plays like watered-down Elmore Leonard or imitation Tarantino — is a risky retro back-step for an up-and-coming young screenwriter with such hip credits as “Chronicle” and “American Ultra” to his name. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzApr 13, 2016
If truth in advertising applied to movies, they would have titled this one "Reheated Cultural Leftovers." Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshApr 7, 2016
It feels at once overwritten and thematically thin, coasting on a cutesy concept before descending into relentless, and therefore meaningless, violence. Read full review
25
ObserverOliver JonesApr 8, 2016
Mr. Right isn’t a bad movie as much as it is two-and-a-half, maybe three bad movies playing all at the same time. Read full review
25
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicSep 19, 2015
Thanks to deplorable direction by Paco Cabezas, and a childishly broad screenplay by Max Landis, Mr. Right ends up all wrong. Read full review
20
The GuardianHenry BarnesSep 19, 2015
Mr Right is Grosse Pointe Blank meets Dexter. Liman meets Tarantino. Derivative idea meets sloppy execution. Read full review
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