Witless Protection
Lionsgate | Release Date: February 22, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
17
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
40
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
The slapstick and action set pieces are lame, and its performances range from competent to annoying. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
At least a fright-wigged Joe Mantegna, delivering an execrable cameo as a whacked-out doctor, has a good excuse for his presence; the writer-director is one of his former film students. Read full review
30
VarietyJohn Anderson
If you need a GPS unit to find your own backside, you'll be laughing uproariously at Witless Protection, a movie that's far more interesting politically than dramatically -- or, God knows, comically. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyLuke Y. Thompson
Still, it’s hard to despise the movie, especially when Peter Stormare shows up over-enunciating the most brilliantly awful English accent of all time. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It's mostly harmless dum-dum stuff, though. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubSteven Hyden
Larry The Cable Guy is a cancerous boil on the ass of comedy, but it's still sort of shocking how little effort he puts into his movies. Read full review
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