83
Metascore
48 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The PlaylistRobert DanielsThe PlaylistRobert DanielsPalm Springs adds meaning to the seeming meaninglessness of life, with infectious fun and introspective pleasure to boot.
- 90SlashfilmBen PearsonSlashfilmBen PearsonA sharp, laugh out loud crowd-pleaser, Palm Springs could end up being the funniest film of 2020. But it’s not a mindless comedy. It tackles some profound topics amid the laughs, interrogating the sustainability of long-term relationships and exploring how a seemingly awful situation might be aided by a change in perspective.
- The script, from Andy Siara, never loses momentum.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe overarching plot of Palm Springs isn’t especially novel, but each scene is just sweet, funny, and demented enough to feel like a little surprise.
- 83The A.V. ClubA.A. DowdThe A.V. ClubA.A. DowdIt turns out to be something kind of special in its own right: a modern rom-com that’s funny and inventive and sweet and totally mainstream and a little deranged all at once.
- 83ConsequenceClint WorthingtonConsequenceClint WorthingtonThe most important thing is that it’s funny and charming in all the right ways, a slight but sweet meditation on the viability of long-term relationships.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForePointlessness, isolation and the guarantee that no one will ever understand your plight may not sound like the makings of a laugh-filled heartwarmer, but in the hands of Barbakow and screenwriter Andy Siara, it is.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeIt’s an irreverent take on a form where earlier iterations were obliged to take themselves seriously. And somehow that liberates what felt like a slick but ironic riff on a tired genre to do something sincere.
- 70Zinging between humor and poignance with a lot of charm, it achieves in its most insightful moments what comedy does best: Let us laugh at the world a little, by way of learning something about ourselves.