Old Guy
The Avenue Entertainment | Release Date: February 21, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
6
Watch Now
Stream On
Stream On

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comClint WorthingtonFeb 21, 2025
This is a warmed-over remix of crime comedy and thriller tropes, as awkwardly paced as it is murkily shot. Read full review
38
The Associated PressLindsey BahrFeb 19, 2025
Old Guy feels very of this moment in the fact that it looks good and has a good cast and yet can’t seem to deliver something that’s either entertaining or meaningful. But unlike so many of its peers, this one amazingly was not made by a streamer. Read full review
30
Screen RantHannah GearanFeb 21, 2025
The film's dialogue is insincere and cookie-cutter, failing to deliver naturalistic character growth. And surmounting its inefficacy at simulating humanity is perhaps Old Guy's most glaring action movie sin: it's truly boring. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanFeb 20, 2025
Beyond the stale plot and groaners that make up the dialogue, “Old Guy” suffers from haphazard pacing, as if every third scene was cut out in postproduction. Watching, one wonders who this movie is for — even within the target demographic stated in the title. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubBrianna ZiglerFeb 21, 2025
Old Guy, as is, is just a film about an old guy, free of complexity or nuance, coasting towards its formulaic conclusion. Read full review
20
VarietyCourtney HowardFeb 21, 2025
What should be a plucky, whip-smart character-driven actioner about an elderly assassin fighting career obsolescence morphs into a dusty, no-stakes patchwork of clichés that shrugs off any resonance, let alone entertainment value. Read full review
More From This Movie

33 Critic Reviews

tbd User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 81 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2 77 Project Hail Mary
3 75 Send Help
4 73 Hoppers
5 72 The Sheep Detectives
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL