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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 33The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerAs broad as Williams goes in these scenes, it’s not really his fault. He’s acting out a screenplay, credited to Daniel Taplitz, that’s peppered with bad writerly flourishes.
- 30Village VoiceCalum MarshVillage VoiceCalum MarshMuch has changed in the two decades since the release of Joel Schumacher's Falling Down, but, as The Angriest Man in Brooklyn flatly reminds us, the grievances of America's petulant middle-class men apparently have not.
- 30The DissolveJen ChaneyThe DissolveJen ChaneyThe movie plays out like an improbably plotted work of overly aggressive schmaltz.
- 30The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe movie is predictably sentimental at its root, but it’s also meant to be comedy, partly resting on Mr. Williams’s energetic but failed attempt to play a jerk.
- 25New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartThe jovial, hyperverbal comic has played against type before, but his presence feels like epic miscasting in this underwritten dramedy.
- 25Slant MagazineDrew HuntSlant MagazineDrew HuntRobin Williams once again proves he can insufferably crank the energy to 11 without batting an eye, only this time his frenzied comic demeanor is replaced with equally harried contempt.
- 25RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comIt all leads up to some very bad green-screen work depicting a dangerous traipse around the Brooklyn Bridge, and reaches a sort of epiphany with a view of a floating carousel. Yes. It is very much that kind of movie.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanPhil Alden Robinson’s overheated dramedy feels disconnected from reality in every emotional way.
- 20Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThe movie doesn't even need five minutes to signal that it's already a goner.