The Fall Guy
Universal Pictures | Release Date: May 3, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 57 Critic Reviews
Positive:
46
Mixed:
9
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisMay 2, 2024
The Fall Guy is divertingly slick, playful nonsense. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 2, 2024
A solid serving of popcorn entertainment. Read full review
60
CNNBrian LowryMay 2, 2024
The Fall Guy is too flat in the early going to fully meet that challenge, rallying toward the end without reaching the heights required to make a really big splash. Read full review
50
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMay 3, 2024
The core problem facing the rather annoying new movie “The Fall Guy” — starring Ryan Gosling as a professional daredevil — is that we can’t believe. Never for a second does the viewer buy that goofy Gosling is an in-demand stunt person who sets aside his ego for the betterment of a project. Read full review
50
Little White LiesHannah StrongMay 1, 2024
But while The Fall Guy is an affectionate and occasionally entertaining tribute to the people professionally flipping cars and taking punches, it neglects the other crucial aspects of what makes a film enjoyable, resulting in a popcorn flick that quickly fades from the memory once the credits roll, sadly lacking the staying power of any of the action greats it references. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDerek SmithApr 30, 2024
Whenever its main characters are pulled apart, the movie magic, in every sense of the phrase, dissipates, leaving us with a bland, derivative action-comedy that’s never quite as funny or thrilling as it thinks it is. Read full review
50
The Film StageJohn FinkMar 15, 2024
While the romantic comedy and set-bound gags work, the hunt for Ryder––and the cartoonishly inept gangsters and drug dealers that populate his underworld––compel less. Read full review
40
The Irish TimesTara BradyMay 2, 2024
Nobody (surely) was expecting The Godfather from the director of Atomic Blonde and the writer of Hotel Artemis. Nobody (equally) could have anticipated such a dreary mess. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithMay 2, 2024
Mr. Pearce (“Iron Man 3,” “Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation”) and his director have no idea what kind of picture they want to make. Instead they have four or five different concepts which they set loose like cars ramming into each other as they jostle for position. Read full review
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