Queenpins
Elevation Pictures | Release Date: September 10, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
IGNTara BennettSep 10, 2021
Queenpins works best when Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste are allowed to let their effortless chemistry be the focus. Their comedic instincts are pitch perfect as their naïve pursuit of trying to get ahead financially snowballs into a multi-national coupon-stealing scheme that they are entirely unprepared to navigate. But the fun fizzles with depressing side stories, and especially when Vince Vaughn and Paul Walter Hauser commandeer too much screen time with middling results. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleStaff (Not Credited)Sep 13, 2021
Save glancing asides (guns sure are easy to buy, the courts sure treat Black and white people differently), Gaudet and Pullapilly skip the social satire to focus on a more personality-driven story. Alas, the personality at the center is so very flat. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneySep 10, 2021
This film ultimately doesn’t reach its full potential in part because it can’t settle firmly enough on a vibe or viewpoint. It ping-pongs between buoyant caper, farce, and female empowerment drama without ever lingering long enough in a single zone to make an impact. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsSep 9, 2021
As a sort-of-true-crime comedy, spinning a yarn of middle-class larceny and extreme, deeply unlawful couponing, it’s likely to offend no one but the most grimly law-abiding consumers among us. But like the people it’s about, you want more. Read full review
50
The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckSep 9, 2021
Writer-directors Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly offer up a commentary on the value of work. There’s a critique of capitalism, and an intriguing buddy relationship between two women with very different lives but shared goals. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 8, 2021
The first act of “Queenpins” makes you giddy at the comic possibilities, but the finale is the final straw in the letdown it too-quickly becomes. Read full review
50
SlashfilmJosh SpiegelSep 8, 2021
Queenpins boasts a cast of talented ringers, who elevate the muddled material far more than it deserves, without actually resulting in an all-around good movie. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSep 8, 2021
Writers and directors Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly can’t seem to decided whether to make an offbeat comedy about two under-appreciated women turning to crime or a mismatched buddy cop comedy. So they made both. It’s not a seamless fit. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanSep 8, 2021
The crime comedy ends not as a fat stack of jokes but a jumble of loose change — not entirely worthless, but not amounting to a whole lot, either. Read full review
40
Screen RantSarah Bea MilnerSep 8, 2021
It wants to celebrate the American Dream and the entrepreneurial spirit — while making a statement about consumerism and corporate greed. In the end, Queenpins doesn't really say anything, which would have been fine if it was at least funny. Read full review
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