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 scorePublicationBy date
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenMar 1, 2012
Judged by the usual aesthetic standards – Project X sucks. It's just another lame movie. Yet apply a different standard, the mores of our time, and you get a different verdict: Suddenly, it's a perfectly lame movie that speaks intriguingly to the way we live now. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMar 1, 2012
As a tribute for the awesome destructive power of the teenage libido, the house-party-gone-apocalyptic flick Project X is pretty compelling...Think "Girls Gone Wild" meets "Black Hawk Down." Unfortunately, it also appears to want to tell a story, with characters and things, and on that level it pretty much completely falls apart. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliMar 1, 2012
With most movies, the question for viewers is: Who should see it? With Project X, the most pressing issue is: Who shouldn't see it? Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisMar 1, 2012
The party itself is something to see. A Pasadena blowout turns into a horny, druggy, apocalyptic scene culminating in riot police, news choppers, and a gentleman with a flamethrower. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsFeb 29, 2012
It's crude in every sense: The film looks like shit, the characters are boors, and it's as sloppily put-together as the home movie it pretends to be. Project X's commitment to its crudity almost redeems it, though. Read full review
40
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeNov 13, 2023
Project X never encounters anything you could call a plot: the party starts off badly, gets wilder and ends in total calamity. An unhealthy strain of misogyny runs through the dialogue, and the film- makers' unquestioning acceptance of high-school one-upmanship fairly turns the stomach. But the film does have a certain impure purity to it. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaFeb 29, 2012
The kind of fantasy that a 15-year-old boy would love, although parents probably should keep younger teens far, far away. This movie pushes the boundaries of its R rating about as far as they can go. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoFeb 29, 2012
The film's strength isn't its shock tactics - it's the rapid-fire, party montage editing that finds a million natural ways to put mundane actions and moments up against each other for comic effect. Read full review
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