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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe film goes down easy because it saves the self-improvement clichés for the homestretch.
- 50The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangDespite a tone that oscillates between quirkish and mawkish, it’s yet another warmed-over male midlife crisis movie, given supposedly higher stakes because the middle of life will be as far as this male will get.
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartZoey Deutch is fine in a non-demanding role as the requisite starry-eyed female student, and Danny Huston (“Wonder Woman”) gives us a softer side as Richard’s weepy best friend. But this is, at its core, a one-man show, and given the uncertain future of Depp’s career (being axed from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, for example), it might also have been titled “Johnny Says Goodbye.”
- 50RogerEbert.comNick AllenRogerEbert.comNick AllenThere’s nothing wrong with a little cheese in a message about life, it’s just that with The Professor there's nothing more to it.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe movie, which comes off strangely wide-eyed about such “outré” things as marijuana and same-sex attraction, evokes some 1970s-era George Segal vehicle as it struggles to pair hip defiance with come-to-Jesus-style pathos, the latter of which provides a few of the film’s more compelling moments.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe picture fares better at finding occasional moments of warmth than at convincing us of its characters' reality.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt flirts with being offensive, but falls short. It’s not entirely maudlin, not wholly misogynistic, but close enough.
- 30Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganSometimes a bad film is just a bad film, but Depp is most likely to pay the price.
- 30The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergDepp’s turbocharged archness is basically the whole show.