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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAt times it’s funny as hell. At other times it’s pretty much a disaster. But it never commits the crime of being tedious.
- 50RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comThe best thing that can be said about Once Upon a Time in Venice, a very light action comedy from Mark and Robb Cullen, is that it allows Willis to cut loose and have fun.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe messy tangle of the plot, which involves Steve-Bruce getting knocked out, more than once, does little more than throw a whole lot of potentially silly stuff against the screen — some of it landing laughs.
- 33IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandMark Cullen’s ruthlessly boring and decidedly dismal Once Upon a Time in Venice marks a new low in Willis’ still-trucking action career, one that even Cage would likely flinch at, even if it does feature an entire sequence dedicated to naked skateboarding.
- 30The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe movie tries for propulsive Tarantino grit but ends up being just another annoying example of Hollywood’s addiction to stories in which graying white men bed beautiful young women and beat up men much more youthful and fit than they are.
- 25The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyStylistically, Once Upon A Time In Venice is mostly indistinguishable from a middling TV pilot that never made it to series.
- 20Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenA wincingly unfunny comedy caper.
- 20TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleA stroll along the Venice boardwalk is likely to elicit more laughs, and probably even thrills, than Once Upon a Time in Venice.