The Wrong Missy
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): May 13, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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6
Negative:
6
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60
EmpireDavid HughesMay 13, 2020
The Wrong Missy is a little hit-and-miss, but it’s funny and inventive, and Lapkus is good enough to make the word “zany” tolerable again. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenMay 13, 2020
The Wrong Missy is a lightweight throwaway, the kind of movie it is difficult to suggest one actually choose to watch, but if your algorithm somehow lands on it provides a certain harmless diversion. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 13, 2020
The Wrong Missy is a harmless dumb-meets-smart-mouth comedy that doesn’t necessarily feed your appetite for more Netflix throwaways. But it does make you want to see Lauren Lapkus’s next act. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMay 13, 2020
It’s almost a shame that the film overall isn’t better and that David Spade doesn’t give half the effort of his co-star because Lapkus is just good enough to allow one to see how this movie could have worked. Read full review
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IndieWireKate ErblandMay 13, 2020
A gross-out comedy masquerading only in the flimsiest sense as a romance, The Wrong Missy still knows its way around genre convention, but Spindel and company seem compelled to use those expectations to tee up cruel gags that do little to advance the film’s plot or central romance. Read full review
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The New York TimesAmy NicholsonMay 14, 2020
Though the gags are retrograde groaners, Lapkus embarrasses herself with confidence. Her full-throttle verve transcends the script like a water skier leaping over a Great White. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 15, 2020
Tyler Spindel, a Happy Madison veteran, directs The Wrong Missy with all of the worst tendencies of the Sandler shingle style. It’s a series of claustrophobically unfunny scenes that drag on and on, interspersed with establishing shots and music cues that look and sound like they were licensed from a stock library. Read full review
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The PlaylistNicholas LaskinMay 14, 2020
The Wrong Missy is one of those movies that takes a brain-dead sitcom scenario to the outer limits of what an audience is willing to tolerate. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMay 13, 2020
Even with locked-down consumers scraping the bottom of the Netflix content trough, this new addition to the lineup is pretty dreary. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreMay 13, 2020
Spade practically cringes through this thing, not a good look when you’re a high-mileage 55. And a little of Lapkus, shrieking profanities at children, lap-dancing at the luau, goes a long way. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMay 13, 2020
Overriding everything is a profound sense of laziness. Jokes do not land here so much as they ooze forth, slow and noxious. Read full review
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PolygonKaren HanMay 19, 2020
What’s frustrating is that The Wrong Missy isn’t entirely devoid of self-awareness. Read full review
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