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
100
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 1, 2012
The Oscars are swell, but once in a while a film comes along that is so courageous it deserves consideration for the Nobel Prize. An entire generation has been born and gone to college since the Beastie Boys defined that most basic of civil liberties: You've got to fight for your right to party. Read full review
100
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 1, 2012
This game-changing instant classic will doubtless inspire imitators, onscreen and in backyards everywhere, en route to redefining what a new generation expects of its mice-will-play movies. Read full review
100
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezFeb 29, 2012
Project X is an astounding, superlative movie about adolescence - a brutal, unapologetic comedy about the fantasy every high school kid carries around in his head about being popular and cool and beloved. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfMar 2, 2012
Deeply irresponsible, this a film that will give parents seizures-and Roger Corman a big old smile. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMar 1, 2012
Project X, likewise, serves up the frat house/Spring Break/Snooki-and-Sitch-on-a-bender antics that many in the audience will have been staring at for years, and implies that it's breaking down bold new barriers of misbehavior. In the end, though, it ain't nothin' but a party. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredChristian LawNov 13, 2023
Although Project X has its faults (we’ll get there in a second), the atmosphere of the party couldn’t be more perfect. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovFeb 29, 2012
Tonally one of the strangest films of the year thus far, Project X is at heart a John Hughes-esque celebration of that fleeting teenage moment prior to actual adulthood when throwing a badass backyard party could instantaneously elevate your social status, and cement bonds of friendship that would last a lifetime, and get you laid all in one go. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 3, 2012
Project X's first-person verisimilitude is the movie's primary strength and most damning weakness. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 2, 2012
Most teen flicks just fake being fueled by anarchy. But the gut-bustingly funny Project X is the real deal. It's raunchy, reckless and ready to party. What's not to like? Read full review
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