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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67HitfixDrew McWeenyHitfixDrew McWeenyIn the broad strokes, I think The Bronze is okay. I laughed at some things, I sat stone-faced during some things that don't work, and at the end, I could tell what I was supposed to feel, but it was more like I'm being ordered to feel this way instead of the film actually earning it.
- 67The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerIt takes a surprising amount of time to adjust to the film’s shticky conception of its main character, Hope Ann Greggory (Melissa Rauch).
- 63The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldThe Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldI found myself admiring The Bronze for its stalwart refusal to soften Hope, and for Rauch’s carefully detailed performance.... But admiring isn’t quite the same as liking. This film is a comedy wrapped in barbed wire; approach with caution.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Bronze is a strident comedy made in accordance with the sole guiding principle of, when in doubt, go even more vulgar.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThough no one would accuse The Bronze of not being funny, it somehow manages not to be funny often enough.
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfFor a movie with a critique of mediocrity well within its grasp, this one settles for an embrace of it, barely breaking a sweat.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThis comedy has a few genuine laughs, but The Bronze never even comes close to making it to qualifiers.
- 25Slant MagazineDrew HuntSlant MagazineDrew HuntThe prevailing attitude behind the film can be boiled down to a simplistic idea: the cruder, the better.
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithLovable misanthropes can be a lot of fun, but someone forgot to put in the lovable.