Role Play
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): January 12, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
8
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Screen RantFerdosa AbdiJan 12, 2024
It's the right amount of romantic, funny, and thrilling, and it does what it needs to do to make its narrative feel less derivative and more dynamic and fun. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis HarveyJan 12, 2024
The players are deft enough that a little more wit in the writing would have surely been well-served. (Nighy in particular makes much of relatively little.) And while briskly handled, none of the ideas here are fresh enough for Role Play to score points on narrative or character unpredictability. Read full review
55
Paste MagazineMatt DonatoJan 12, 2024
Role Play hardly spices up the subgenre with its saucy date-night games, never as action-packed as Mr. & Mrs. Smith or as sweetly sincere as the rom-com classics that inspire this undercover tale about finding that special someone worth killing over. Read full review
42
IndieWireSamantha BergesonJan 12, 2024
Role Play is stripped of all its potential action parts, and instead is downplayed in the most basic (AKA cheap) way possible. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanJan 11, 2024
One is quick to forgive faulty plot machinations when an action movie really revs; Role Play merely spins its wheels. Read full review
40
IGNJesse HassengerJan 11, 2024
Role Play wants to be a star-driven caper merging complicated relationship dynamics with exciting espionage action. But despite a few brief signs of life, both sides of the film are woefully unconvincing, as are its stars. Kaley Cuoco goes way too broad, David Oyelowo looks pained, and the whole thing strains to imitate better movies. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonJan 11, 2024
The film should have been played for pure farce and is not, hence the head-scratching in which a viewer will engage before very few bodies are cold. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJan 10, 2024
Thanks to the sorry state of the action comedy genre as is, Role Play isn’t a total loss but it’s still much too far from a win. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJan 12, 2024
It’s a shame, because Cuoco’s well-honed comic skills are very much on display and Oyelowo, working in a lighter vein than usual, seems to be enjoying himself. Which is more than you’ll be able to say about the viewers of this tired action-comedy retread. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 17, 2024
We know the drill. Every move, every twist, every quest, every moment of filler pointing us to a finale we see coming an hour off. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comPeyton RobinsonJan 12, 2024
An action comedy with feeble fight scenes and little laughs creates a film that feels more like a screen test than a finished product. Read full review
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