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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThis is a cheeky, madcap romp, with exaggerated views of 1960s American stereotypes about Brits and vice versa, featuring terrific performances by Perlman and Grint, a most unlikely and most likable buddy duo.
- 63Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe whole isn't greater than the sum of its parts, but the various detours coalesce into an amusing wannabe-cult curio.
- 60Village VoiceSimon AbramsVillage VoiceSimon AbramsNothing in Moonwalkers matches Perlman's performance, but he frequently elevates desperate-to-please gags to stoner-comedy greatness.
- 50Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleMoonwalkers blends a strange mélange of Swinging Sixties, drug-addled humor with that slow-motion, gangster gunplay that Guy Ritchie trademarked in his early work.
- 42The PlaylistOktay Ege KozakThe PlaylistOktay Ege KozakMoonwalkers takes a brilliant idea and runs it to the ground thanks to a confused and illogical screenplay, an atonal execution, and a bizarre addiction to Tarantino-level gleeful ultra-violence awkwardly crammed into what was obviously supposed to be a biting satire.
- 42The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyBy the umpteenth scene where the “joke” is that one of the characters is on drugs, the movie’s strained wackiness becomes wearisome.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleA famously crackpot conspiracy theory, psychedelic humor and arty ultraviolence make for dreary bedfellows in the scattershot British comedy Moonwalkers.
- 30The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThough Mr. Grint and Mr. Perlman both come off credibly, the movie is practically laugh-free.
- 25Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanNeither Grint nor the hoax subplot are compelling enough to hold our attention. Perlman, on the other hand, is a commanding, if peripheral, presence, diverting the focus of the film from silly historical speculation to the tale of a damaged psyche.
- 20New York Daily NewsStephen WhittyNew York Daily NewsStephen WhittyMoonwalkers is supposedly a comedy. So its clever conspiracy quickly goes disastrously wrong.