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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleWhen you finally stop laughing, there is something to think about.
- 70L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyThere’s nothing new in the movie’s sociocultural insights, especially for those of us already interested in how identity is shaped by pop culture, but the breezy tone and obvious fun being had by the cast make Finishing the Game a slight, low-key cool cinematic essay on identity politics.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIt feels as though everyone involved was having a rollicking good time, and while the film itself is wildly uneven, Lin and company get in a few pointed jabs at Hollywood fatuousness and self-delusion, cultural stereotypes and '70s fashions.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe ensemble cast members play well off one another, particularly Fan as the self-absorbed Bruce Lee wannabe and Lynn in the role of the monumentally ignorant casting director.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayFinishing The Game doesn't get anywhere that "Hollywood Shuffle" didn't go to first, even if it has its own set of specific complaints about how show business treats Asians.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA genially scattershot mockumentary.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceBy setting the film in a deliberately distanced '70s, writer-director Justin Lin gets the benefit of looking-back-in-superiority.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA faux documentary grounded in ethnicity and mired in absurdity, Finishing the Game is a terrific idea still waiting to be fashioned into a real movie.
- Only intermittently funny at best, but mostly full of dead air, the film is a let-down on both fronts.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe film completely misses what should have been its real target -- the filming of Game of Death, a martial-arts campfest worthy of Edward D. Wood Jr.