Tropic Thunder
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: August 13, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
30
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Apart from startling, out-there comic turns by Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise, however, the antics here are pretty thin, redundant and one-note. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Never lives up to the hilarity of the opening, partly because the large-scale production smothers the gags but mostly because those gags are so easy to smother. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
Like this summer's other slapstick cause célèbre, "Pineapple Express," it's a comedy with as high or higher a body count as the movies it purports to be parodying, and the problem isn't the violence per se but rather the fact that neither movie ever finds a satisfactory balance between tongue-in-cheek and guts-in-hand. Read full review
60
EmpireDan Jolin
There are moments of comedy grandeur, but this isn't as consistently funny as you'd hope. Nevertheless, Downey Jr.'s Kirk Lazarus is instantly up there with the comedy greats. Read full review
50
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
That's the thing about satire: It doesn't play past its expiration date. And everything about Tropic Thunder already feels antiquated. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
A flashy, nasty, on-and-off funny and assaultive sendup of the film industry. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Tropic Thunder is an assault in the guise of a comedy – watching it is like getting mugged by a clown. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoanne Kaufman
Like a dinner whose hors d'oeuvres are far more satisfying and well-composed than the slightly warmed-over main course. Among them are the inspired mock movie trailers and the fake ad that precede "Thunder's" opening credits. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
The over-all effect is bizarre, daring you to be amused by something both brilliant and bristling with offense; if you sidle out at the end, feeling half guilty at what you just conspired in, then Stiller has trapped you precisely where he wants you. Read full review
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