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37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzBrand ultimately can't make a watered-down Arthur as sweetly charming as the original, but he certainly makes it better than it would have been otherwise.
- 50Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallBrand is amusing, in a nutty "Get Him to the Greek" sort of way, while Moore delivered one of the funniest performances ever.
- 50L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThis remake seems to exist only to zap the original of its minor pleasures.
- 40VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangEven the Brit-wit chemistry of Russell Brand and Helen Mirren can't offset the self-conscious degree to which this tame, calculated effort sticks to its source.
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThe original film, for all its zaniness, existed in a recognizable Koch-era metropolis, one that paradoxically added to our hero's likable haze of denial. This time, the town is far shinier (what recession?).
- 40Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondThis Arthur feels flat and lifeless, especially when compared to its highly successful predecessor.
- 40Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThree decades of skyrocketing income inequality have soured the comedy of Arthur's astronomically expensive self-indulgences.
- 38Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreThis Arthur is on the rocks long before Last Call.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenArthur overextends its welcome and relies too much on prop comedy.
- 20The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttIn the end, it isn't so much that the New Arthur isn't the Old Arthur. Rather it's the anti-Arthur.