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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversHow the hell can you take an SNL skit that runs 90 seconds and stretch it to a 90-minute feature? Sounds excruciating. But MacGruber breaks the jinx by putting the skit in the context of a 1980s action movie and creating its own brand of explosive lunacy.
- 75PremierePremiereMacGruber is crude. It’s obscene. The dialogue is puerile and the jokes adolescent. And for the most part, it's hilarious: a bawdy riot drunk on impropriety, which is why the movie works.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterUtterly disposable but diverting, MacGruber manages to spin feature-length product out of an idea that few would try expanding beyond a "Saturday Night Live" skit.
- 60VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonHow much mileage can a comedy get from a single joke? Quite a bit, judging from the guffaws-to-groaners ratio in MacGruber.
- 50Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreKilmer makes a worthy, if somewhat underscripted villain. And some of the bits -- MacGruber idiotically setting traps that the bad guys never fall for -- tickle. But this still feels instantly dated, a "Hot Rod in a Role Models" era.
- 50Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrAll thing considered, MacGruber’ is a lot better than it should be. That still doesn’t mean it’s all that great.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe result is a naughty throwaway in all senses of the word.
- 25The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThink of a really bad, uncensored Saturday Night Live comedy sketch. Then make it worse – make it longer.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierTo call MacGruber"a total bomb is a bit much, but this comedy-action flick sure feels like it was put together with gum, shoelaces and a couple of sticky Twizzlers.
- 12New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThere's a reason you've never seen the words "Will Forte" topping the billing of a major motion picture. After the throbbing flameball of unfunny that is MacGruber, you never will again.