Stuber
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: July 12, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
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9
Mixed:
18
Negative:
10
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 11, 2019
Nanjiani is kind of like Bill Murray. There's just something about him that makes you anticipate something funny coming, if not now, soon, so why not start laughing? I don't know whether it would work in just any film, but here he's such an oasis of intelligence in a desert of comedic stupidity that I'd like to see if it would. Read full review
58
ConsequenceDan CaffreyJul 10, 2019
It’s refreshing to see a buddy movie reclaim some of the grit and emotional connection of bygone decades, but for all of its killer fight sequences and shootouts, Stuber just isn’t all that funny after a while. Read full review
55
The AtlanticDavid SimsJul 14, 2019
If you’re looking for a throwback to simpler, sillier times (with a dash of self-awareness about the state of toxic masculinity in 2019), it should just about satisfy. Read full review
50
Paste MagazineOktay Ege Kozak Jul 17, 2019
Stuber, although supported by the odd-couple chemistry between its two leads, ends up as stale as if it was made 20 years ago. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJul 12, 2019
I laughed way too hard at too many points in Stuber to entirely dismiss it, even if, as a movie, it doesn’t really hold together. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 11, 2019
Stuber is as bland and generic a mismatched buddy action-comedy as you’re likely to find. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJul 11, 2019
The only thing worse than hot garbage is elaborately lukewarm mediocrity, and for too much of its running time, the new comedy Stuber is just that. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 10, 2019
It’s one of those dumb movies that are so gleeful about their own idiocy that taking it seriously may seem pointless, which is always a good reason to take a movie seriously. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldJul 10, 2019
Ultimately, despite Nanjiani’s best efforts, it’s a disposable fast-car summer movie, neither terrible or good, for those biding their time before the next “Fast & Furious” installment. Read full review
50
IGNSimon ThompsonJul 10, 2019
Stuber is an awkward, uneven action-comedy that never realizes its full potential. It squanders a good premise and an odd couple pairing with potential that could have delivered something special. Read full review
50
The Associated PressJake CoyleJul 10, 2019
The movie’s premise is one long Uber ad, but it’s a clever enough buddy comedy setup, and both Nanjiani and Bautista are good comic performers. So what’s missing here? Read full review
50
The PlaylistRyan OliverJul 3, 2019
A comedy that’s really quite hyper-violent, a little nasty in tone, and never as funny as it should be. [SXSW work-in-progress review] Read full review
45
TheWrapYolanda MachadoJul 11, 2019
With a title that’s almost as lazy as its script, Stuber is a lackadaisical attempt at a “woke” buddy-cop comedy that just can’t figure out how to fuse together its story with the message it is trying to promote. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jul 3, 2019
The demands of action and comedy, however, are apparently much too great a weight for this action-comedy to Lyft. Read full review
40
EmpireHelen O'HaraJul 13, 2019
It’s uneven and doesn’t quite hit the right balance between yuks and yuck, but the charisma of the two stars – particularly Nanjiani – carries it along. A shame to waste Uwais on such a limited role, though. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 11, 2019
Really there is very little chemistry between Bautista and Nanjiani, the cameo from Karen Gillan is disconcertingly fleeting, and if you compare this with something like the Beanie Feldstein/Kaitlyn Dever comedy Booksmart, the dialogue really does sound a bit pedestrian. Read full review
40
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 11, 2019
Stuber traps two talented dudes — Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista — in a car that’s going nowhere so fast that Thelma and Louise would hop right on. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJul 10, 2019
It’s the sort of movie that defines the term “summer doldrums” in a way few others have. Read full review
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