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Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonYou judge a movie by its own standards, right? Bulletproof, starring Damon Wayans and Adam Sandler, is rambunctious, crude, ridiculous, violent and -- incidentally -- very funny.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackBulletproof is a raunchy exercise in macho posturing -- but thanks to a layer of satire, the new action comedy at Bay Area theaters provides a few zingers of lowbrow entertainment.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenBulletproof, directed by Ernest Dickerson from a screenplay by Joe Gayton and Lewis Colick, is really a screwball love story disguised as a macho action film.
- 40TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe whole sorry business is incontrovertible proof that Hollywood learned all the wrong lessons from 48 HRS.: Bring back Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy, please!
- 40Los Angeles TimesJohn AndersonLos Angeles TimesJohn AndersonDirected by Ernest Dickerson, the film looks fine, as one might expect, but isn't particularly funny and often makes no sense.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA fitfully funny retread of "48 Hours," "Fled" and dozens of others.
- 30VarietyLeonard KladyVarietyLeonard KladyThe criminal activity onscreen in “Bulletproof” is penny ante compared with the felonious slaughter of story, character and logic exacted by the pic’s filmmakers.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumUniversal should have marketed this formulaic drivel as the taboo love story it really is, and then watched its stars run for cover.
- 20Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovDickerson's newest film is an embarrassment of near epic proportions.
- 20New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardDoes the testosterone fly? Not as fast as the potty jokes. Ditto the homophobe jokes zing! zing!