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47 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe trouble is that the movie plays it boringly straight.
- 50Slant MagazineKeith WatsonSlant MagazineKeith WatsonIn terms of body objectification, Baywatch is an equal-opportunity exploiter, but when it comes to comedy, it's a total boys' club.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJohnson and Efron possess impressive muscles, but the performers have never done as much heavy lifting as they do here. And to their credit, they succeed to some degree.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s a goof that isn’t goofy enough, a romp that doesn’t, and a tone-deaf riff on a show that was already a parody, in and of itself.
- 30Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThe film may pretend it’s more sophisticated than the show that spawned it, but its comedic stylings are alarmingly regressive.
- 25TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeA summer franchise movie that can’t decide if it wants to be a hard-R bawdy comedy, a d-bag-comes-of-age tale or a fairly unironic reboot of the glossy TV show (which ran from 1989-2001), Baywatch fails at all three, despite the best efforts of the perennially game Johnson and Zac Efron.
- By about halfway in, the gags dry up and the story sinks like an overweight tourist who took a dip too early after the all-you-can-eat surf ’n’ turf buffet.
- 20EmpireNick de SemlyenEmpireNick de SemlyenTonally, Baywatch veers all over the place like a drunk on a speedboat, making for one of the most lacklustre comedies of the year so far.
- 20Total FilmMatthew LeylandTotal FilmMatthew LeylandUnfunny, unthrilling and unsexy, this doesn’t even reach the low bar set by the source material.