Wanderlust (2012)

All Critics (134) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (79) | Rotten (55) | DVD (1)

Trust me, this movie doesn't deliver on any level, high or low.

March 2, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

It's hard to remember a comedy so populated with good character bits.

February 29, 2012 Full Review | Comments (2)

Nick Pinkerton

Village Voice

Top Critic

You know you're in trouble when not even the improvised scenes and fluffed out-takes are funny.

February 29, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Nigel Floyd

Time Out

Top Critic

A messy but occasionally very funny satirical comedy...

February 28, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

Rudd might not be the subtlest straight man in movies, but, as of this moment, he's the best.

February 27, 2012 Full Review | Comments (5)

David Edelstein

New York Magazine

Top Critic

Being taken under Apatow's wing may have been a big career break for writer-director David Wain, but this lacks the sharp personality of some of his earlier movies.

February 26, 2012 Full Review

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Even if Wanderlust is a bust, Rudd and Aniston will walk away from it with no repercussions as they both perform very well.

September 17, 2012 Full Review

Benjo Colautti

We Got This Covered

While everyone has their tastes and limits there must be a line when a film is so shameless in its lack of dignity and intellect and assumes the audience are just a bunch of rubes.

September 10, 2012 Full Review

Justin Craig

FoxNews.com

Better for having ambitions, but ironically less perfect for failing to live up to those ideals.

August 22, 2012 Full Review

William Bibbiani

CraveOnline

Wanderlust has a freewheeling, improvisational aesthetic that doles out enough solid jokes, even if it does so erratically.

August 17, 2012 Full Review

Mark Pfeiffer

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

probably looked much better on paper

August 14, 2012 Full Review

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Wanderlust takes its aim at some very broad targets so it's no wonder that the film's jokes tend to be blunt and obvious rather than rapier-sharp.

July 17, 2012 Full Review

Jason Best

Movie Talk

The parts are often funnier, and more memorable, than the whole, but there's enough here to keep David Wain fans smiling.

June 18, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

Usually avoids SNL skit-shtick and wacky-pothead parody, thanks to affectionate humour, sharp cuts and droll dialogue. Still, the story ultimately sides with the bland, loft-closeted couple and gets lazy with guy-gets-back-girl moments down the stretch.

May 10, 2012 Full Review

Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

A random, tedious and tone-deaf comedy, a feeble recycling of every hippie commune cliche you've ever heard.

March 23, 2012 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

...yet another in an increasingly long line of subpar comedies from producer Judd Apatow.

March 23, 2012 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

... you probably won't see a funnier movie all year.

March 20, 2012 Full Review | Comments (5)

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Consistently funny and outrageous, with a large, appealing cast whose apparent good time making the film is infectious.

March 19, 2012 Full Review

Eric Goldman

IGN Movies

Even before the maddeningly smug faux-bohemian denouement, we've turned off and tuned out. Bummer.

March 19, 2012 Full Review

Tara Brady

Irish Times

Too good-natured to dislike it, and in the same breath, too good-natured to have much depth.

March 9, 2012 Full Review

Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

It is not the story but the ensemble cast that saves "Wanderlust" from being a mediocre comedy.

March 9, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

An unusually sharp script makes this silly comedy thoroughly enjoyable, even when it tips over the top.

March 8, 2012 Full Review

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

The film is a humourless embarrassment, the cliche situations and flat dialogue decorated but not embellished by the envelope-pushing obscenity traditionally associated with its producer Judd Apatow.

March 4, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Philip French

Observer [UK]

Rudd and Aniston shine in Wanderlust.

March 3, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Charles Koplinski

Illinois Times

Director David Wain's experience is TV and this crude film seems more like a sitcom that probably won't be renewed.

March 3, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Tony Medley

tonymedley.com

Wanderlust is flawed, too, but for its exploration of financial ruin and alternative lifestyles, it shows once again that Aniston, at the very least, knows which way the wind is blowing.

March 3, 2012 Full Review

Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

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