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40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthIf its somewhat unfocused narrative comes at the cost of a picture that could be more cohesive and concise, it still gifts viewers with characters and an era that’s entertaining to explore.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThis is a fitfully funny quasi-farce that takes off promisingly, loses its way mid-flight and comes in for a bumpy but safe landing.
- 70TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeWhile writer-director Warren Beatty’s movie about Hughes is crafted of the finest materials, it too remains mostly earthbound, defying gravity only in fits and starts.
- 67The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakIf anything it simply reminds us of his onscreen charisma and endearing humor, his handle of Hughes’ descent into eccentricity and insanity proving memorably entertaining. While he’s not the lead, he is the glue.
- 60VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeBeatty tries hard to re-create the look and feel of late-’50s Hollywood as it existed both on-screen and off, aided by DP Caleb Deschanel and terrific costume and set contributions. And yet, it actually comes off too conservative for its own time, with stiff performances from Collins and Ehrenreich.
- 60The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanIt doesn’t make sense as a comedy, it doesn’t quite work as a drama, and it doesn’t follow the typical roadmap of a biopic, but Rules Don’t Apply is strangely compelling nonetheless.
- 60Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThe romantic comedy-drama Rules Don’t Apply is, by turns, fizzy and melancholy, nostalgic and clear-eyed, but it never builds to anything especially substantial.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreBeatty, who plays Hughes in the picture, tries to give us a movie as wildly eccentric and asymmetrical as the man himself. He’s concocted a random romantic farce that isn’t romantic or particularly farcical. But random? Yeah.
- 50We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoWe Got This CoveredMatt DonatoWarren Beatty's Howard Hughes retrospective, Rules Don't Apply, is equally tone-deaf in humor and drama, cobbled together in ways that never seem to fit.