Senseless
Dimension Films | Release Date: February 20, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
It's a laff riot that also contains a torrent of scathing social satire that couldn't be more timely in light of the dismantling of affirmative action. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This is not great comedy, and Wayans doesn't find ways to build and improvise, as Carrey does. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The gags, like the plotting, have a giddy edge that can be sharp, but just as often they go nowhere. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's made by a director who knows comedy, working from a script founded on a surefire slapstick premise. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Big laughs are few and far between in this 1998 movie, which is more successful as motivational anecdote than as comedy. Read full review
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Created as a comic vehicle for the lead actor, pic depends entirely too much on Wayans to carry the day, but at this point he is far more eager and willing than he is funny. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Her setups here are so witless and pedestrian that there's no imagination to the crude slapstick punchlines; we're just watching a bland jester pantomime sensory overload. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyPaul Malcolm
If you can be satisfied with only Wayans' Tourette's syndrome bit, or his perfect timing in the scene where he just kisses a girl and creams his pants, you'll go home happy. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
There's a surprising sweetness under its crude exterior. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
There's more bathroom and slapstick humor than a sixth-grader could stand, and a veritable flood of drool, blood and less mentionable effluvia, most of it courtesy of Mr. Wayans as he tries to be – you know – funny. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
It seems to have had the opposite effect on the director's taste, as she strives for new levels of raunchiness. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
This newest laff-riot from the once and future director of The Decline of Western Civilization documentaries is a lamentable mess, chiefly made up of stale gags that went bad sometime during the Kennedy administration and a stunningly unengaging romance that has all the snap of a moist cotton swab. Read full review
0
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Just how dumb is Senseless? So dumb it even takes the fun out of stupid. Read full review
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