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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyIt's an easy watch that nonetheless consistently feels like a grazing blow rather than a knockout.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanWhile Shepard and Tuck earn a few laughs spoofing the celebrity/enabler relationship, the high points come from the game cameos: Ashton Kutcher, Jon Favreau, and Bradley Cooper are drolly entertaining as A-listers who make it perfectly clear that they're doing their buddy a big favor by appearing in his movie.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSure, this frequently improvised spoof isn't intended to be taken seriously, but it's also not funny or incisive enough to counter the unappealing persona the actor-comedian has concocted here: an impulsive, clueless narcissist on a journey to reinvent himself as an action star.
- The career of the actor Dax Shepard hasn't skyrocketed, but neither has it sputtered...Brother's Justice, his flailing, ultralow-budget directorial debut, will not accelerate his professional trajectory.
- 20Time OutEric HynesTime OutEric HynesOutside of a few spirited celebrity cameos - Favreau seems convincingly affronted by Dax's ineptitude, Bradley Cooper gamely tussles with him on a suburban lawn - this meta-vanity project isn't funny so much as counterproductive. It's no less a work of wankery for winking at us.
- 10Village VoiceVillage VoiceLike an overlong episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" with none of the wit and twice the irritation, co-director/writer/star Dax Shepard's impotent, largely unscripted showbiz satire is yet another goof on clueless filmmakers who don't know how to make a film.
- 0Slant MagazineNick SchagerSlant MagazineNick SchagerDax Shepard delivers an I'm Still Here-style mockumentary of staggering incompetence with Brother's Justice.