R.I.P.D.
Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 19, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
22
Watch Now
Stream On
Stream On
Buy on
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Expand

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
VarietyScott FoundasJul 19, 2013
Thank heavens — or at least the “Department of Eternal Affairs” — for Jeff Bridges, whose hilariously free-associative performance as a 19th-century frontier marshal-turned-21st-century undead lawman is like an adrenaline shot to the heart of R.I.P.D. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyJul 19, 2013
While he's (Bridges) having more fun than anyone in the audience is likely to be having, it's such a rip-snorting go-for-broke performance that it almost makes R.I.P.D. worth the price of admission. Almost. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jul 19, 2013
Nothing short of wiping their memories with a real-life neuralizer is going to convince moviegoers that the supernatural buddy-cop comedy R.I.P.D. is anything more than a thinly disguised "Men In Black" ripoff. Read full review
50
The DissolveNathan RabinJul 19, 2013
A film that grows less compelling and original by the minute, R.I.P.D. serves due notice that the mismatched-buddy-cop movie is wearing out its welcome all over again. Read full review
40
EmpireOlly RichardsSep 16, 2013
Confusing and uninspired rather than completely inept, it’s still likely to be swiftly struck from the résumés of all involved. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEric HendersonJul 20, 2013
R.I.P.D. devotes far more energy to concept than execution, leaving most of the promising aspects high and dry. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTom RussoJul 19, 2013
There is less eye candy than you would expect, and it’s underwhelming. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 19, 2013
In R.I.P.D., we have a legitimate train wreck of a motion picture: a film that doesn't work on any level. It's not funny. It's not exciting. It's not engaging. It's a waste of time and money. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia PuigJul 19, 2013
Perhaps there was a clever germ of an idea here, but the five credited writers didn't develop characters, scenarios or rules in this sci-fi world well enough to engage the audience. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJul 18, 2013
The worst comic book adaptation since “Jonah Hex.” Read full review
36
Film.comLaremy LegelJul 19, 2013
There is a legitimate film in here somewhere, buried deep beneath the rubble of its terrible script and editing. Read full review
30
SlateDana StevensJul 19, 2013
With its low-stakes chase scenes, obvious-from-the-get-go villains and nonsensical plotting, this feels more like a 96-minute-long episode of Scooby-Doo that's been laboriously translated into another language and then back into English. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghJul 19, 2013
It's an unpleasant way to pass a couple summer hours. Read full review
30
Village VoiceChris PackhamJul 19, 2013
Unfortunately, the interesting drabness of the afterlife’s police department is paired with the colorless paucity of the film’s heavies...The deados, unmemorable CG brutes, spout generic bad-guy dialogue undistinguished by humor or characterization. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenJul 19, 2013
The entire film has an oddly underdone quality to it, as if aiming not for greatness but to simply be passable. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comSteven BooneJul 21, 2013
Mostly loud and graceless, despite some arresting hyperbolic visuals that deserve an action film of actual soul and purpose. It's simply too generic at heart to justify director Schwentke's delirious, sidewinding, arcing, snap-zooming and whip-panning anti-gravity camerawork. Read full review
25
Washington PostStephanie MerryJul 19, 2013
A dud that squanders a decent cast and succeeds neither as the comedy nor the action film it purports to be. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJul 24, 2013
R.I.P.D. never creates a believable universe, interesting action sequences, or dynamic characters. It’s a paint-by-numbers approach in which the film’s comedy and drama both fall flat. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJul 19, 2013
It's nothing special. Which sort of makes it a loser all the way 'round. Expect a sad afterlife for it on cable. Read full review
20
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJul 19, 2013
Tired byplay between Reynolds’s mystified straight man and Bridges’s supernatural old pro will kill off any fond memories you have of zesty buddy films past and present. Read full review
20
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 19, 2013
What’s missing is what’s often absent in industrial moviemaking of this type: story and characters, yes, but also the human touch and a sense that someone behind the scenes actually cares about the work. Read full review
20
TimeRichard CorlissJul 19, 2013
Less a bad movie than simply not a movie, R.I.P.D. gives every indication of having been a sloppy first-draft script. Read full review
20
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJul 19, 2013
It so shamelessly borrows from so many other movies, and then does absolutely nothing to add to them -- nothing to raise the bar, nothing to make it more interesting, and really nothing to make it the least bit appealing. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJul 19, 2013
This is a second-rate special effects-dominated 3D entry that will join several prominent would-be blockbusters that need not be mentioned on the summer junk heap. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithJul 18, 2013
For a movie that so strenuously rips off “Ghostbusters” and “Men in Black,” R.I.P.D. manages to come up with fresh new ways of being absolutely terrible. Read full review
10
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJul 19, 2013
The whole thing seems ill-conceived from the start, unable to keep its parameters simple – think of Ghostbusters and “Don’t cross the streams!” – but also lacking any genuine comic spark or imagination. It’s an exhausting 98 minute ride to nowhere. Read full review
0
The PlaylistGabe ToroJul 19, 2013
This expensive misfire runs a little less than ninety minutes, which means that there’s likely a 105-110 minute long version that the producers hacked up in order to get the maximum amount of 3D showtimes to not embarrass the studio on opening weekend. Judging by the released product, that version is likely even worse, if such a thing were possible. Read full review
More From This Movie

25 Critic Reviews

4.7 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