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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 62Paste MagazineAurora AmidonPaste MagazineAurora AmidonAs with any ensemble piece, The Drop’s success relies on its characters, and for the most part, they are largely ineffective—much of which has to do with the central friend group coming across as an ill-fitted hodgepodge of eccentrics with little to nothing in common.
- 60VarietyLisa KennedyVarietyLisa KennedyThe Drop is smarter than it is funny. As sympathetic as Konkle and Fowler are as the beset couple, had the film leaned into its intelligence more, trusting its bleak comedy and affording its other characters a little emotional wiggle room, it may have achieved a more perfect coupling of each.
- 60Screen RantNadir SamaraScreen RantNadir SamaraThe film's events feel natural, so the audience doesn’t have to dig deep to understand and relate to the characters. Combined with a hilarious cast who are all on the same page, The Drop delivers an entertaining enough viewing experience.
- 60Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurraySmith and Leonard spoof the presumptions and pretensions of people who like to outwardly project as kindly and enlightened; and they unsparingly illustrate how someone’s seemingly rock-solid reputation can be undone in an instant.
- 58The PlaylistEmma FraserThe PlaylistEmma FraserUnfortunately, a solid premise and an appealing cast get bogged down in The Drop, and the film ends ups dropping the ball—and the baby.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussSan Francisco ChronicleBob StraussThe Drop can feel like being stuck with someone who has their good qualities, in serious ways, but that you can’t stand.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThe Drop has the feel of an extended improv exercise while spotlighting characters who are thinly sketched and often as boring as they are wickedly boorish, with the talented cast engaging in hit-and-miss dialogue that often falls flat.
- 50Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonWall Street JournalJohn AndersonThe Drop finds its humor in cringe comedy and the kind of cultural caricature that isn’t just tiresome but offhandedly so.
- 50The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonThe A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonThe Drop isn’t really about dropping a baby. But it’s not about much else, either.
- 38RogerEbert.comChristy LemireRogerEbert.comChristy LemireDirector and co-writer Sarah Adina Smith offers some inspired moments and laughs here and there, but too often, running bits simply don’t pay off.