The 4:30 Movie
Saban Films | Release Date: September 13, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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7
Negative:
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83
IndieWireChristian ZilkoSep 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
83
ConsequenceLiz Shannon MillerSep 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
65
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganSep 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
63
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsSep 13, 2024
With “The 4:30 Movie,” a lightly likable coming-of-age story and romantic-comedy, writer/director Kevin Smith (“Clerks III,” “Jay and Silent Reboot”) offers low-stakes nostalgia and very little else. Read full review
60
ColliderRoss BonaimeSep 11, 2024
Smith has always been best when he wears his heart on his sleeve as he does with The 4:30 Movie, a film whose earnestness tries to iron out some of the usual problems with Smith’s films, but with mixed results. Read full review
60
SlashfilmEthan AndertonSep 11, 2024
Austin Zajur and Siena Agudong make for such a cute high school romance prospect that the movie doesn't feel like a total wash. Kevin Smith is still good at constructing funny dialogue and crafting characters you like to watch. Read full review
60
The GuardianLeslie FelperinSep 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
55
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiSep 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
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskySep 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
40
EmpireBen TravisSep 17, 2024
The endearing moments in Kevin Smith’s coming-of-age cinema-fest are weighed down by underwritten comedy. Could have done with being more sweet, less salty. Read full review
40
The New York TimesCalum MarshSep 12, 2024
Effort goes only so far, and The 4:30 Movie doesn’t surpass Smith’s usual limitations. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkSep 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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