Welcome to the Jungle
Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) | Release Date: February 7, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

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60
The DissolveNoah BerlatskyFeb 6, 2014
The film is hyper-aware of the ridiculousness of the patriarchal obsession with masculinity-as-penis-size—and yet, in the end, and rather helplessly, it’s still mired in a banal narrative of masculine self-actualization. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyFeb 5, 2014
Van Damme’s performance is about the only element left unscathed by the movie’s compulsion to point out its own absurdity. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaFeb 7, 2014
Director Rob Meltzer, who made the kind-of-amusing meta short "I Am Stamos," directs things in shameless, let's-get-this-thing-over-with style, throwing in some gratuitous topless (female) nudity and allowing the usually amusing Kristen Schaal to let loose with a barrage of potty-mouthisms. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyFeb 6, 2014
It is difficult to tell whether the filmmakers intended Welcome to the Jungle as a satire or a farce. It is neither funny enough, nor clever enough, to measure up in either case. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFeb 9, 2014
The story makes 94 minutes seem as long as a season of Lost and as fresh as the seventh viewing of a Gilligan's Island rerun. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFeb 6, 2014
The real challenge is for viewers, who must tolerate overacting, idiotic scatological jokes and juvenile innuendo. The only way it might be endurable is if you’re wasted, too. Read full review
0
Village VoiceErnest HardyFeb 4, 2014
Welcome to the Jungle, directed by Rob Meltzer from a script by Jeff Kauffmann, is satanically bad. Read full review
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