The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Lionsgate | Release Date: May 23, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
21
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
33
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMay 21, 2014
As broad as Williams goes in these scenes, it’s not really his fault. He’s acting out a screenplay, credited to Daniel Taplitz, that’s peppered with bad writerly flourishes. Read full review
30
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 30, 2014
Though much of the script borders on unbearable, compounded by “Juno” composer Mateo Messina’s tell-you-how-to-feel score, writer Daniel Taplitz manages to sneak in some poignant self-help aphorisms here and there. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMay 26, 2014
The silliness of the conceit is far from the biggest problem in a picture that has no clue what to do with the wealth of talent in front of the camera. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMay 23, 2014
Performance aside, the film never quite manages to figure out what it’s actually about. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldMay 22, 2014
The movie is predictably sentimental at its root, but it’s also meant to be comedy, partly resting on Mr. Williams’s energetic but failed attempt to play a jerk. Read full review
30
The DissolveJen ChaneyMay 20, 2014
The movie plays out like an improbably plotted work of overly aggressive schmaltz. Read full review
30
Village VoiceCalum MarshMay 20, 2014
Much has changed in the two decades since the release of Joel Schumacher's Falling Down, but, as The Angriest Man in Brooklyn flatly reminds us, the grievances of America's petulant middle-class men apparently have not. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMay 23, 2014
It all leads up to some very bad green-screen work depicting a dangerous traipse around the Brooklyn Bridge, and reaches a sort of epiphany with a view of a floating carousel. Yes. It is very much that kind of movie. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDrew HuntMay 22, 2014
Robin Williams once again proves he can insufferably crank the energy to 11 without batting an eye, only this time his frenzied comic demeanor is replaced with equally harried contempt. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartMay 21, 2014
The jovial, hyperverbal comic has played against type before, but his presence feels like epic miscasting in this underwritten dramedy. Read full review
25
ObserverMatthew KasselMay 20, 2014
Mr. Williams’ performance is so grating that you may find yourself more infuriated than amused. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMay 22, 2014
The movie doesn't even need five minutes to signal that it's already a goner. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMay 22, 2014
Phil Alden Robinson’s overheated dramedy feels disconnected from reality in every emotional way. Read full review
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