Why Critics Hate Jonah Hill’s Star-Studded New Movie With Keanu Reeves
Critics are certainly not loving Jonah Hill’s new movie.
Hill is known for starring in comedy movies like 2005’s The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 2007’s Superbad, 2012’s 22 Jump Street, and 2013’s This Is the End, while he’s also been nominated for Academy Awards for his performances in 2011’s Moneyball and 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street.
Hill made his feature film directorial debut in 2018 with Mid90s. Following a 2022 documentary called Stutz, he’s now made a new movie, Outcome, which is now available to stream on Apple TV.
The synopsis reads, “Reef Hawk, Hollywood’s poster child since age six, is not okay. When he learns about an extortion plot tied to a mysterious video, Reef preemptively sets out on a redemption tour to make amends, confront his demons, and avoid getting canceled.”
The cast includes Keanu Reeves as Reef Hawk, Hill as Ira Slitz, Cameron Diaz as Kyle, and Matt Bomer as Xander.
Why do critics hate Jonah Hill’s new movie with Keanu Reeves?
At the time of this article’s publication, Outcome has a 27 percent Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes with 26 reviews. Critics are lambasting it for not being funny and having a bunch of tonal clashes. Many are praising Reeves for trying to make the film work; however, they also believe that the script lets him down.
The A.V. Club’s Tim Grierson said that the movie “is not remotely successful,” and said that the movie “quickly scurries away” from any kind of moment of true self-reflection from Hill. Grierson noted the movie has “many unfunny sequences” and believes “the audience deserves an apology.”
TheWrap’s Matt Goldberg said that Outcome is “painfully broad both thematically and comically,” while The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney said “there’s no anchoring humanity” that makes any of the film’s characters feel real. Rooney added, “Sadly, there’s no trace here of the authentic fondness for his characters that illuminated Hill’s directing debut, Mid90s. Just a load of solipsistic L.A. brain rot trying to pass for satire.”
Source: Comingsoon.net