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
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattMar 18, 2016
The Bronze has a loony Napoleon Dynamite–meets–Talladega Nights-on-the-balance-beam charm. Hope may be a giant jackass, but she’s America’s jackass. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorMar 18, 2016
The Bronze often feels like an extended skit, but Hope is so refreshingly unladylike and the movie is so refreshingly cynical about gymnastics that the results are surprisingly amusing. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMar 17, 2016
The Bronze, for all its crudeness and lewdness (Melissa Raunch, anyone?) and wonky comedy, is actually a good old-fashioned tale of redemption. Read full review
70
New York Daily NewsJoe DziemianowiczMar 17, 2016
The Bronze isn’t a brilliant game-changer, just a funny and filthy diversion. Read full review
67
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMar 17, 2016
It's a very funny character needing more arc than Rauch's script offers or a shorter movie. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMar 16, 2016
It takes a surprising amount of time to adjust to the film’s shticky conception of its main character, Hope Ann Greggory (Melissa Rauch). Read full review
67
HitfixDrew McWeenyJan 25, 2015
In the broad strokes, I think The Bronze is okay. I laughed at some things, I sat stone-faced during some things that don't work, and at the end, I could tell what I was supposed to feel, but it was more like I'm being ordered to feel this way instead of the film actually earning it. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldMar 17, 2016
I found myself admiring The Bronze for its stalwart refusal to soften Hope, and for Rauch’s carefully detailed performance.... But admiring isn’t quite the same as liking. This film is a comedy wrapped in barbed wire; approach with caution. Read full review
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