The Producers
Universal Pictures | Release Date: December 16, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
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14
Mixed:
19
Negative:
4
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38
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The Producers on screen, as a musical, does not work. It is not very funny. It doesn't look right. It's depressing. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
From bad to worse - Even in verse - The Producers moves like a hearse -Mildness and blandness -Mugging like madness - Who knew that "Rent" would win this fight? - Murdering a genre's just not all right! Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The Producers is nightmarish, in its febrile way, a head-bangingly primitive version of an overrated Broadway show that grew out of a clumsy 1968 movie with an inflated reputation.
20
SlateDavid Edelstein
There are no real people in The Producers --only actors laboring to dispel whatever magic they once were thought to possess. The director, Susan Stroman, has brought the Broadway smash to the screen (where it began, almost 40 years ago) with cataclysmic results. Read full review
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