...a fun, innovative premise that is, for the most part, employed to underwhelming and frequently tedious effect...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 13, 2022

The humor is juvenile and inane, the characters are unbelievable and over-the-top, and the overall temperament is childish.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 9, 2022

Monahan is at least given the chance to get her teeth into the role of the army specialist drafted in to help kick some otherworldy ass.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2021

After a spring and summer of heavy, earnest dramas, I'm ready for rampaging digits.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2021

Pixels is a likeable and unpretentious piece of summertime fun, if you can let yourself enjoy it for what it is.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 18, 2021

The movie is content to stick to the Sandler template, using the inventive premise as a frame for another of the comedian's tired romantic hook-ups.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Feb 3, 2021

A flawed film that serves up just enough of a good time.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 20, 2020

Everyone involved [including the audience] deserves a participation award.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jul 15, 2020

It showed a lot of restraint.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2020

It was pretty well-written and coherent.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2020

The combination of Columbus' bland, corporate filmmaking and Sandler's tone deaf performance proves particularly grating.

Full Review | Jan 10, 2020

Pixels is easy to hate for audiences going in looking for a movie with real substance. What you see is what you get with this film, no less, and definitely no more - no matter how hard it tries.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 13, 2019

The film catalogues the worst set of performances seen in a while, particularly Dinklage's accent and Gad's pubescent antics.

Full Review | Aug 15, 2019

Pixels knows it's not great, but it could have at least tried.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 4, 2019

It's not really satisfying on any level.

Full Review | Original Score: D+ | Apr 23, 2019

This clumsily reanimated, effects-laden blockbuster adds up to little more than a send-up of retro gimmicks, cheesy celebrity cameos, and casual misogyny.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 6, 2019

It's a head-scratcher trying to figure out the point of it all.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/10 | Mar 12, 2019

Can never quite muster the interest or ability to make us look past the inherent ridiculousness of its premise.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Feb 22, 2019

The film [has] absolutely no heart or humor to speak of. How many times must we witness Sandler's lovable loser routine, with his shallow characterization and flat delivery of his lines?

Full Review | Feb 22, 2019

Despite a few inspired moments, and the presence of Peter Dinklage, this is your typical Sandler film that his Happy Madison production company has churned out the last 15 years or so.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Jan 19, 2019