The 4:30 Movie

Name: The 4:30 Movie
Genre: Comedy
Released: September 13, 2024
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 52

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Saban Films | Release Date: September 13, 2024 | R

Summary: In the summer of 1986, three sixteen-year-old friends spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local cineplex. When one of the guys invites the girl of his dreams to see an R-rated film, all hilarity breaks loose, as a self-important theater manager (Ken Jeong) and teen rivalries interfere with his best-laid plans.

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 88 min

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IndieWire Christian Zilko

Sep 13, 2024

The 4:30 Movie owes far more to John Hughes than the Richard Linklater movies that inspired Smith to make “Clerks,” but it contains its own versions of many of the elements that made that film great. Read full review

Liz Shannon Miller

Sep 10, 2024

At its core, it’s simply a sweet personal story — made by a guy who, as we see here, started off wanting to do exactly that. Read full review

Natalia Keogan

Sep 13, 2024

While still leagues beneath the slacker-inspired brilliance of his early career works, The 4:30 Movie does at least concertedly cement itself in Smith’s prose and perspective. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Sep 11, 2024

By far the best thing in the film is Ken Jeong as the theatre manager, preening and ridiculous, dispensing putdowns with surgically precise comic timing. Read full review

William Bibbiani

Sep 12, 2024

Sadly, I’d rather watch any of Smith’s fake movies than The 4:30 Movie, because at least they seem enjoyably weird. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Sep 13, 2024

The familiarity is, of course, the point: Anyone going to a new Kevin Smith movie in 2024 is either already well-versed in the comfort food of the View Askewniverse, or is being dragged on a date by someone who is. The result evokes a kind of bittersweet nostalgia—not for the much-mythologized pop-cultural ‘80s, but for a younger, fresher writer-director who was able to do a lot more with a lot less. Read full review

Justin Clark

Sep 10, 2024

Jam-packed with his familiar brand of vulgar yet verbose stoner humor and free-flowing riffs on movies—especially his own—the vibes are certainly off the charts in Kevin Smith’s film. Read full review

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