Project X
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: March 2, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
8
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonMar 3, 2012
"There's a midget in the oven!" is about as inspired as the dialogue and set pieces get in this queasy-making entertainment. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 2, 2012
The only way to describe this movie's trio of party-throwing protagonists is numbingly predictable, as if writers Michael Bacall and Matt Drake had "Superbad" on a loop in the background. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMar 1, 2012
Despite a couple of unconvincingly upbeat tacked-on moments at the end, Project X basically reads as nihilistic, as not believing in or standing for anything. Not even fun. Read full review
30
MovielineMichelle OrangeMar 1, 2012
A party disaster movie targeted at kids who find the "Hangover" franchise too sophisticated. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartMar 1, 2012
There is no way you could make this movie stupider or more pointlessly noisy than it already is. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia PuigMar 1, 2012
A movie about a teen party gone horribly wrong, would be every parent's worst nightmare if it weren't so inane. Read full review
20
Screen RantBen KendrickNov 13, 2023
Unlike prior "house party" movies, Project X says nothing meaningful about its subject matter, and instead paints teens as an unlikeable and, worse yet, reckless bunch of automatons that would risk injury to themselves as well as others just for a passing glance from a pretty girl. Read full review
20
CineVuePatrick GambleNov 13, 2023
What’s most repugnant about Project X is its utter lack of moral consciousness, with the overriding message being that such disregard for property and community deserves little more than a slap on the wrists – a message that couldn’t be more ill-advised in a time of such amplified social despondency. Read full review
20
NPRAndrew LapinMar 2, 2012
Project X strives to appall, and it would be similarly self-deluded to pretend this jumble of ecstasy and crotch shots is anything other than repulsive. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMar 1, 2012
Though the central blowout is as epic as advertised, so is the movie's self-congratulatory obnoxiousness. Read full review
20
EmpireChris Hewitt (1)Feb 29, 2012
Witless, charmless, teen twaddle. Let's take all prints off the film, and bury them. Don't bother marking the spot with an X. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerMar 1, 2012
Awesomeness seems to be the chief quality prized by both the film and its characters; all other considerations--like safety, property damage, and especially good taste--are secondary. Read full review
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