Some Kind Of Beautiful
Lionsgate | Release Date: August 21, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
11
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Overwhelming dislike based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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Mixed:
0
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriAug 24, 2015
Look past its colorful, smooth surfaces and something corrosive emerges. And it’s not like the film isn’t aware of this. But it doesn’t really know what to do with it. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 20, 2015
From laughs to smarts to a credible interest in rehabilitation, lovers of love would do better to go see "Trainwreck" again. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAug 20, 2015
A treadmill sex comedy, huffing and puffing in place until its time is up. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayAug 20, 2015
Some Kind Of Beautiful has a fine cast, but they’re stuck doing shtick. Read full review
20
Village VoiceSimon AbramsAug 18, 2015
Anti–romantic comedy Some Kind of Beautiful starts with a dialogue scene that baldly explains to viewers what kind of casually chauvinistic narrative it's not going to be. That promise is gracelessly and repeatedly broken thanks to neophyte screenwriter Matthew Newman's clichéd characterizations and helmer Tom Vaughan's incompetent direction. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineClayton DillardAug 17, 2015
A hodgepodge of horny-old-man clichés writ large, staged as a gleeful affirmation of its male lead's ego and entitlement. Read full review
10
The New York TimesStephen HoldenAug 20, 2015
One of the worst films to sport the label “romantic comedy.” Read full review
0
VarietyJustin ChangSep 9, 2015
From first frame to last, “Some Kind of Beautiful” is some kind of hideous, a perfect storm of romantic-comedy awfulness that seems to set the ailing genre back decades with the sheer force of its ineptitude. Read full review
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ObserverRex ReedAug 20, 2015
Pierce Brosnan’s charm and finesse haven’t been put to good use since "The Matador." That was years ago. Some Kind of Beautiful doesn’t improve his luck at all. Read full review
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