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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe gloriously scabrous ending to it all leaves the viewer wishing this talented writer had let it rip earlier.
- 60Village VoiceAmy NicholsonVillage VoiceAmy NicholsonCross, who also wrote the script, is content to come across like a grumpy old man. His comedy is one-note, furious, and fun-enough.
- 58The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe satire of self-satisfied, opportunistic Brooklynites is cutting, but it lacks the humanity afforded the upstate characters, and quickly repeats itself, seemingly by design.
- 50HitfixDrew McWeenyHitfixDrew McWeenyThere's a slightly lurching quality to the way things play out here, like Cross knew what he wanted to do, but he wasn't committed enough to any of the characters to make them more than the joke.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe problem with rounding up every comic friend you can think of to make a movie is that virtually none of them see their characters properly served. Everybody — everybody funny anyway — gets short shrift.
- 40VarietyRob NelsonVarietyRob NelsonThe effort of sussing out this satire’s attitude seems silly for the fact that its jokes just aren’t funny enough.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinUnfortunately, by the end, thanks to a misguided use of a few offensive slurs against gays and African Americans, the whole thing turns needlessly ugly, undermining the goodwill Cross had mustered.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAll the low-hum, behavioral buffoonery gets a bit tedious. Still, cheers to Cross for the satirical road he covers, even with all the potholes.
- 20The DissolveCharles BramescoThe DissolveCharles BramescoCross gathers a lot of narrative strands and elegantly knots them during a big, farcical climax. But that’s the one aspect of the film that truly works as it should. Just about every other element of Hits, from its eagerness to snigger at the expense of small-town yokels to its sneering disdain for the common-rabble forum YouTube, leaves a sour taste.