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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60EmpireDavid HughesEmpireDavid HughesThe Wrong Missy is a little hit-and-miss, but it’s funny and inventive, and Lapkus is good enough to make the word “zany” tolerable again.
- 50RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoIt’s almost a shame that the film overall isn’t better and that David Spade doesn’t give half the effort of his co-star because Lapkus is just good enough to allow one to see how this movie could have worked.
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe Wrong Missy is a harmless dumb-meets-smart-mouth comedy that doesn’t necessarily feed your appetite for more Netflix throwaways. But it does make you want to see Lauren Lapkus’s next act.
- 50Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenLos Angeles TimesMark OlsenThe Wrong Missy is a lightweight throwaway, the kind of movie it is difficult to suggest one actually choose to watch, but if your algorithm somehow lands on it provides a certain harmless diversion.
- 42IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandA gross-out comedy masquerading only in the flimsiest sense as a romance, The Wrong Missy still knows its way around genre convention, but Spindel and company seem compelled to use those expectations to tee up cruel gags that do little to advance the film’s plot or central romance.
- 40The New York TimesAmy NicholsonThe New York TimesAmy NicholsonThough the gags are retrograde groaners, Lapkus embarrasses herself with confidence. Her full-throttle verve transcends the script like a water skier leaping over a Great White.
- 33The PlaylistThe PlaylistThe Wrong Missy is one of those movies that takes a brain-dead sitcom scenario to the outer limits of what an audience is willing to tolerate.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeEven with locked-down consumers scraping the bottom of the Netflix content trough, this new addition to the lineup is pretty dreary.
- 25The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzOverriding everything is a profound sense of laziness. Jokes do not land here so much as they ooze forth, slow and noxious.
- 25Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreSpade practically cringes through this thing, not a good look when you’re a high-mileage 55. And a little of Lapkus, shrieking profanities at children, lap-dancing at the luau, goes a long way.