Why Him?
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: December 23, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
12
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireDec 20, 2016
It goes soft and nice and wants us to care about these characters who barely resemble human beings. After all, it’s Christmas. But everyone involved here should have asked Santa for a stronger script. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 12, 2016
It’s fair if not entirely accurate to say everything funny it you can see in the trailers and TV ads for Why Him? Because those samples aren’t the least big amusing, and there is a random laugh or three in this holiday comedy to put the “R” back in Christmas. Read full review
25
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenDec 22, 2016
What say we tiptoe quietly away and pretend this movie never happened? Read full review
25
Washington PostAlan ZilbermanDec 22, 2016
Despite flashes of brilliance, Why Him? is perfunctory and boorish, the sort of film that already has begun to fade from memory before you’re too annoyed by it. Read full review
25
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeDec 12, 2016
Why Him? is the kind of movie that makes trendy sophistication and homespun values look equally unattractive; the only remaining alternative is anarchy, an ingredient that’s sadly lacking in this bland, formulaic comedy. Read full review
20
New York Magazine (Vulture)Andrew LapinDec 20, 2016
Wealth does not confer decency and should not excuse noxious behavior, and it is not a replacement for a soul. But it is, apparently, the final answer to the question in the movie's title. Read full review
10
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDec 22, 2016
Why Him? is trite, crass and insultingly moronic. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleDec 21, 2016
Why Him? takes a comic situation and then does everything it can to undermine it. It’s more than unfunny. It’s anti-funny. It doesn’t provoke laughter or even neutral silence, but an increasingly stunned disdain. It is the movie equivalent of putting on a plaster life mask and letting it dry and lock your face into an expression of blank misery. Read full review
0
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperDec 20, 2016
Not funny, not funny, not funny, not funny, not funny. Read full review
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