This Means War
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: February 17, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
18
Negative:
15
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Washington PostAnn HornadayFeb 16, 2012
As this sloppy, scattered, utterly synthetic piece of Hollywood widgetry unspools, it becomes increasingly clear that the romantic tension at play exists mostly between the men in question. Read full review
38
Rolling StonePeter TraversFeb 16, 2012
A trio of appealing actors is trapped in an action-spiked romcom death-sentenced by a lack of humor, heart and a coherent reason for being. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFeb 15, 2012
If there's anything I hate more than a stupid action comedy, it's an incompetent stupid action comedy. It's not so bad it's good. It's so bad it's nothing else but bad. Read full review
30
The New YorkerAnthony LaneFeb 20, 2012
Reese Witherspoon is a woman, aged thirty-five, with a bundle of grownup roles behind her. Yet in order to retain her slot in romantic comedy, it appears, she must reverse into her teens. What makes the transition yet more depressing is the memory of Tracy Flick. [27 Feb. 2012, p.86]
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezFeb 20, 2012
The action, which bookends the movie, is atrocious, defying all laws of gravity and physics and machine gun-edited into incomprehensible lunacy. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisFeb 16, 2012
It's got both a soap opera plotline and a Chuck Norris-load of taxpayer-financed gadgets and gear. It also has Reese Witherspoon in another terrible part. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 16, 2012
Pure, witless discombobulation. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasFeb 15, 2012
Given the creepiest rom-com premise this side of "Addicted To Love" - which at least had the wisdom to reflect on its camera-obscura voyeurism - director McG tries to turn This Means War into a cool pop confection along the lines of his Charlie's Angels movies. But pouring on the douchey hipness and charm only makes things worse. Read full review
20
Time OutJoshua RothkopfFeb 14, 2012
Charmless and histrionic, this mean-spirited movie takes place in the toyscape of McG (Charlie's Angels), a monomonikered director who makes Michael Bay seem thoughtful. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFeb 14, 2012
"War" is depressingly mean-spirited. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyFeb 10, 2012
This perfectly dreadful romantic action comedy manages to embarrass its three eminently attractive leading players in every scene, making this an automatic candidate for whatever raspberries or golden turkeys or other dubious awards may be given in future for the films of 2012. Read full review
0
NPRIan BuckwalterFeb 21, 2012
With the material they're given, they mostly just seem foolish for showing up to the movie to begin with. Audiences would do well to avoid the same mistake. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 16, 2012
An ugly, misguided exercise. Read full review
0
New York PostLou LumenickFeb 14, 2012
Nearly totally laugh-, chemistry- and coherence-free, this fiasco from the director of "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' has a script whose sensible parts would fit on a napkin with enough room left over for the Gettysburg Address. Read full review
0
ObserverRex ReedFeb 14, 2012
The result is 98 minutes of moronic stupidity already being labeled on the Internet as "the worst movie of the year." Read full review
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