Hall Pass (2011)

All Critics (168) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (112) | DVD (8)

The joke is supposed to be that it's sad to see these guys so desperate for a lay, but in truth, it's even sadder to see the brothers this desperate for a laugh.

June 16, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

William Goss

Film.com

Top Critic

Another chapter in the endless saga of American male infantilism.

March 14, 2011 Full Review

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

There's something about Hall Pass that feels grosser than the usual Farrelly brothers comedy.

March 11, 2011 Full Review

Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Top Critic

The usual string of hackneyed and largely laugh-free set-ups involving vulgar chat-up lines, hash brownies and a mad, jealous guy with a crowbar, all seemingly purpose-honed to appeal to devotees of 'The Hangover'.

March 9, 2011 Full Review

David Jenkins

Time Out

Top Critic

A gross-out comedy about the perpetual immaturity of the American male that has, amazingly enough, a mature perspective.

February 28, 2011 Full Review

David Edelstein

New York Magazine

Top Critic

Peter and Bobby Farrelly are gross-out artists in transition.

February 26, 2011 Full Review

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

The Farrelys have lost their comic fastball. And curveball. And changeup.

January 22, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

Movie Nation

A serviceable comedy outing with a number of surprisingly funny moments, along with a number of shocking but dumb-witted set-ups.

October 4, 2012 Full Review

Ben Kendrick

ScreenRant

Have the Farrellys lost their touch? Once adept at crafting trashy, lowbrow gags way too funny to be ignored, they seem totally tin-eared with 'Hall Pass.'

February 9, 2012 Full Review

John Gholson

Cinematical

Wilson and Sudeikis make an amusingly goofy pair.

June 19, 2011 Full Review

Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Even the deleted scene is funnier than anything in the film itself. (Blu-ray Combo edition)

June 10, 2011 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...looks and sounds more like a raunchy, worn-out television sitcom than a Farrelly product.

June 10, 2011 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

If you are the world's biggest fan of movies that bake adultery, family, self-esteem, and your true life's purpose into a cake frosted with d**k jokes, this is your film.

May 27, 2011 Full Review

Grae Drake

Movies.com

Farrelly brothers still gross out, but come up short on laughs

May 6, 2011 Full Review

Robert Denerstein

Movie Habit

There were some scenes early in the film where I couldn't catch every second joke because the audience was laughing so hard.

May 5, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Dan Gear

Moviedex

"Hall Pass," actually shot in Georgia, boasts the production values of public access TV. The masturbation / marijuana jokes aren't worthy of a Farrelly outtakes reel.

May 4, 2011 Full Review

Glenn Lovell

CinemaDope

I laughed from beginning to end... a comedy classic.

April 22, 2011 Full Review | Comments (7)

Michael A. Smith

Moviehole

Sound depressing? It is. For everyone.

April 4, 2011 Full Review

Dave White

Movies.com

Packaged around R-rated gags, some of them of the gross-out scatological variety, is a heart-felt commentary on monogamy.

March 31, 2011 Full Review

Jonathan W. Hickman

Daily Film Fix

A lot of the comedy in the Farrellys' newest R-rated movie, 'Hall Pass,' is strictly visual shocks that, most of the time, will have you laughing after you gasp out loud.

March 25, 2011 Full Review

Linda Cook

KWQC-TV (Iowa)

We're left with a week of two guys not even trying to make the most of their freedom, and though that alone doesn't make for enough of a movie, in Hall Pass, that's all you're going to get.

March 23, 2011 Full Review

Sam Bathe

Fan The Fire

Tired-looking marital sitcom.

March 15, 2011 Full Review

Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

The ultimate message is "there's no place like home," just like The Wizard of Oz -- but trust me, this one ain't for the kids.

March 14, 2011 Full Review

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

• 1. Hog-Head: I gotta go home and poo.
  2. Flats: Why can't you just go here?
  3. Hog-Head: Ooh. Pretty sure I'm gonna need a bath after.
  – Submitted by Evan T (11 months ago)
• 1. Rick: Ed. Britney. Clones.
  – Submitted by Jimmy G (14 months ago)
• 1. Rick: Remember how awesome we were on JV?
  – Submitted by Paul M (15 months ago)
• 1. Grace: This morning you left the computer on gangbangfacebath.com!
  2. Fred: I get my weather from that site...
  – Submitted by Facebook U (22 months ago)
• 1. Grace: What the hell is wrong with you two? You are completely obsessed with sex!
  – Submitted by James X (23 months ago)
• 1. Officer #2: Yeah, that's when a woman goes south on a man but she doesn't use her mouth. So she uses her hands and makes noises.
  – Submitted by rob g (2 years ago)

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