The Drop
Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): January 13, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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83
ColliderEmily BernardJan 13, 2023
The dialogue remains consistently sharp, authentic, and unique to its characters throughout, proving to be the film's strength. Read full review
62
Paste MagazineAurora AmidonJan 13, 2023
As with any ensemble piece, The Drop’s success relies on its characters, and for the most part, they are largely ineffective—much of which has to do with the central friend group coming across as an ill-fitted hodgepodge of eccentrics with little to nothing in common. Read full review
60
IGNTara Bennett Jan 13, 2023
The Drop has a great premise about an accident that forces a couple to revisit their relationship and needs, but it never really lives up to its promise. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJan 13, 2023
Smith and Leonard spoof the presumptions and pretensions of people who like to outwardly project as kindly and enlightened; and they unsparingly illustrate how someone’s seemingly rock-solid reputation can be undone in an instant. Read full review
60
Screen RantNadir SamaraJan 11, 2023
The film's events feel natural, so the audience doesn’t have to dig deep to understand and relate to the characters. Combined with a hilarious cast who are all on the same page, The Drop delivers an entertaining enough viewing experience. Read full review
60
VarietyLisa KennedyJan 10, 2023
The Drop is smarter than it is funny. As sympathetic as Konkle and Fowler are as the beset couple, had the film leaned into its intelligence more, trusting its bleak comedy and affording its other characters a little emotional wiggle room, it may have achieved a more perfect coupling of each. Read full review
58
The PlaylistEmma FraserJan 12, 2023
Unfortunately, a solid premise and an appealing cast get bogged down in The Drop, and the film ends ups dropping the ball—and the baby. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonJan 13, 2023
The Drop isn’t really about dropping a baby. But it’s not about much else, either. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonJan 12, 2023
The Drop finds its humor in cringe comedy and the kind of cultural caricature that isn’t just tiresome but offhandedly so. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJan 12, 2023
The Drop has the feel of an extended improv exercise while spotlighting characters who are thinly sketched and often as boring as they are wickedly boorish, with the talented cast engaging in hit-and-miss dialogue that often falls flat. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussJan 10, 2023
The Drop can feel like being stuck with someone who has their good qualities, in serious ways, but that you can’t stand. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJan 13, 2023
Director and co-writer Sarah Adina Smith offers some inspired moments and laughs here and there, but too often, running bits simply don’t pay off. Read full review
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