Vacation Friends
Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): August 27, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
5
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60
VarietyJoe LeydonAug 27, 2021
Vacation Friends does earn a fair share of guffaws with its familiar mix of R-rated raunch and feel-good sentiment, and it’s lightly amusing to see the well-cast players breathe a satisfying degree of fresh life into a predictable scenario that recalls “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” “What About Bob?” and a dozen or so similarly contrived comedies. Read full review
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The New York TimesGlenn KennyAug 27, 2021
Clay Tarver, a veteran of the TV series “Silicon Valley” (and a founder of the postpunk band Chavez) directs with an eye and ear that’s a cut above what one usually gets with this sort of fare. Read full review
50
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiAug 31, 2021
The talented quartet saves the movie, but making it great would take a rewrite. Read full review
40
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiSep 4, 2021
Vacation Friends finds its humor in the disconcerting scenarios the characters find themselves in, but it never evolves past its empty premise. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeAug 27, 2021
The base ingredients are here – a charming, comically adept cast, a fun culture clash set-up, idyllic scenery! – but they’re carelessly tossed together rather than combined with any thought, care or even slickness. Read full review
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