51
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA vibrantly vulgar comedy that never hangs around to admire its own cleverness.
- 70Arizona RepublicArizona RepublicSurprisingly, character actor Sam Anderson winds up stealing a lot of the film as Bruce and Frank's dad. He can take a line as innocuous as "We don't have cars right now. Bruce stole them for drugs" and turn it into something hilarious.
- 63Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe film never really goes soft, as Jordan Roberts never loses sight of the fact that these toxic nincompoops are authentically bad for one another.
- Everyone plays against type in 3, 2, 1… Frankie Go Boom, none more so than Ron Perlman, who has a small role as a post-op transsexual hacker.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearLovers of the TV biker drama may find pleasure in the duo's surreal scenes together, but everyone else will likely view this story about a writer (Hunnam), his film-obsessed drug-addict brother (Chris O'Dowd) and a viral amateur-porn movie as one limp farce.
- 40Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerLess inept than its worst-of-the-year title suggests, 3, 2, 1 . . . Frankie Go Boom nonetheless proves too ramshackle and aimless to ever achieve true absurdity.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA raunchy, sporadically funny comedy.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSelf-destructs in its quest for comic outrageousness.