The Bronze
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: March 18, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
14
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
TheWrapTricia OlszewskiMar 18, 2016
The film offers one or two surprises. And when its humor lands, Rauch ensures that it sticks. Read full review
58
The Film StageJack GirouxMar 17, 2016
There’s a fine movie in here buried underneath a lot of bloat, but as of right now, it’s an overlong, mostly unfunny, and flawed character study. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 18, 2016
This is one of those comedies that could have been a brilliant short film on “Funny or Die” or “Saturday Night Live,” but wears out its welcome as a feature-length film. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanMar 18, 2016
The Bronze is one of those faux-naughty comedies that simply doesn’t have the courage of its lack of convictions. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 18, 2016
It’s just not enough. The Bronze is predictable, and outside of Rauch, Cole and a very convincing (conditioning, some training, clever editing) Haley Lu Richardson, the cast is bland. Strong has nothing to play, and nobody else makes an impression. The Bronze is proof that one great joke is not the route to comic gold, or for that matter silver. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshMar 17, 2016
The protagonist's unlikable routine is too high a degree of difficulty to execute flawlessly. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonMar 17, 2016
There are some laughs in The Bronze, but more time in which we might wish it would end already. When it does, just like on Hallmark, lessons are learned. Perhaps for Rauch, the lesson is to write herself a better movie next time. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoMar 17, 2016
Disappointingly, this scruffy indie doesn’t live up to its promise either, despite a few flashes of subversive inspiration. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonMar 17, 2016
Not without its bluntly funny bits, this nasty, programmatic comedy wants to be outlandish but, oddly enough, it’s the movie’s lack of realism that really hurts it. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJan 25, 2015
The Bronze is a strident comedy made in accordance with the sole guiding principle of, when in doubt, go even more vulgar. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeJan 25, 2015
Though no one would accuse The Bronze of not being funny, it somehow manages not to be funny often enough. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 17, 2016
Ms. Rauch (who wrote the film with her husband, Winston Rauch) nails the portrayal admirably under Bryan Buckley’s direction. But that doesn’t mean Hope is anyone you want to spend almost two hours with. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMar 17, 2016
Built on an interesting idea -- but which, unlike Strug, can't quite stick the landing. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJan 25, 2015
For a movie with a critique of mediocrity well within its grasp, this one settles for an embrace of it, barely breaking a sweat. Read full review
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