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Metascore
27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleRespect is not something viewers will find much of in The Wedding Ringer, nor propriety, nor any of those things that make for respectable family viewing. It’s just a funny, impolite, very not-for-kids romp that goes there.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThere’s not much new here. But a savvy, sassy script, smart casting and genuine “I feel sorry for this white boy” chemistry between Hart and Gad make Wedding Ringer an R-rated bromance that will touch you as often as it tickles you.
- 53TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeWhile The Wedding Ringer isn’t the total waste of time that its painful trailer (and January release date) threatens, it’s also a movie whose occasional good ideas are ultimately drowned out by sloppy, contrived screenwriting.
- 40VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangA well-cast but clumsily assembled buddy-for-hire comedy that increasingly smacks of desperation as it approaches its big-day climax.
- 38Slant MagazineDrew HuntSlant MagazineDrew HuntThis big, brash, occasionally clever, but mostly dumb comedy is so gallingly derivative that watching it feels like playing a game of basic-cable bingo.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperDespite the considerable charisma of Kevin Hart and Josh Gad and a strong supporting cast, The Wedding Ringer has only one or two genuinely inspired bits of comedy, a few dopey moments when you laugh in spite of yourself — and long, long stretches of pointless montages, loud and unfunny physical shtick and far too much reliance on gay “humor."
- A certain derivative, deja-vu quality isn’t the only sin this lazy, numbingly routine, very occasionally amusing comedy commits.
- 25New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartThe Wedding Ringer is not so much a rom-com as an anatomy lesson. And the lesson is this: Men have balls. They must have them, or grow them, otherwise they are not men. They are little girls.
- 20The DissolveNathan RabinThe DissolveNathan RabinThe film’s lazy reliance on distraction extends to keeping its female lead underwritten and unsympathetic.