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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50VarietyVarietyKnucklehead has a professional slickness about it, flawless shooting by d.p. Kenneth Zunder, and Johnston's perfectly cloying score. The acting leaves a bit to be desired: Malick is hilarious; Wight is endearing; Rebecca Creskoff ("Hung"), who plays Mary's friend and fellow ex-"dancer," is refreshingly natural.
- 38Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreDirector Michael W. Watkins, whose decades of TV credits go back to "Quantum Leap," manages one clever visual gag - a bus wreck, observed from the far side of a cornfield. We hear a crunch, see a telephone pole wobble and a little puff of smoke. Then Watkins blows the moment with a fiery overkill.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThis lame comedy about a big doofus who enters the fight game manages to take every cliche in the book and render them even more cliched.
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithA 2010 movie that could have been made in 1940.
- 20Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfA distinctly shameless and shoddily made family comedy.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceA schmaltzy family comedy that won't pass the smell test for kids, parents, or even stoner second cousins, Knucklehead is too sluggish for young attention spans, and not inventive enough to keep adults engaged.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierHalf-assed, halfhearted attempt to copy the Farrellys' out-there style is missing both their jackassical riffs and their heart.