Wild Target
Freestyle Releasing | Release Date: October 29, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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2
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8
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaNov 18, 2010
Wild Target is the sort of farce where nothing, essentially, is at stake, even as cars crash (including an original Mini Cooper), bullets rip, and knives get hurled with deadly velocity. Read full review
63
New York PostLou LumenickOct 29, 2010
An eccentric little comic thriller filled with enough laughs that I was mostly willing to overlook the fact that it makes virtually no sense as a thriller. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOct 29, 2010
The script does boast a fair share of zingers, delivered with arch wit by a crack team of professionals. Read full review
60
MovielineMichelle OrangeOct 28, 2010
It's hard to tell what Wild Target is offering, besides the pleasure of its company. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerOct 29, 2010
Described in the film's production notes as a "classic French comedy" – although I've never heard of it – and perhaps this is the core problem. French farce doesn't mix well with English gooniness. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. ScottOct 28, 2010
The considerable wit, style, and skill that Mr. Nighy and Ms. Blunt bring to the project are squandered. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyOct 28, 2010
Nighy is usually a treat to watch navigating life's bad turns, so it's especially frustrating that the filmmaker so often leaves him at loose ends. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumOct 27, 2010
The cast, though, includes a great bunch of Brit faves who have all done better work elsewhere. Read full review
40
Time OutEric HynesOct 26, 2010
It's entertainment designed to resemble a good time without aspiring to provide one. Read full review
40
EmpireSimon CrookOct 24, 2010
A talented cast keep some low-key action and tired gags from derailing this disappointing farce. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettOct 24, 2010
Jonathan Lynn's lamentable black comedy Wild Target again shows that attractive and charismatic actors can do nothing to save a movie that's charmless, pointless and witless. Read full review
20
Village VoiceDan KoisOct 26, 2010
The whole time I was watching Wild Target, I was trying to figure out just how to explain its weirdly old-fashioned comedic tone. I could talk about its absurd plot... Read full review
20
VarietyLeslie FelperinOct 24, 2010
Nearly every element here is wildly off-target, from Jonathan Lynn's ("The Whole Nine Yards") lazy helming and Lucinda Coxon's shambolic script to the embarrassed-looking perfs from usually excellent lead thesps Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt. Read full review
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