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Avg. Critic Score: 19 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
16 Not for kids 17 and under
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 40
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    The script by Josh Stolberg has no fizz. It's possible to sit for half an hour without cracking a smile. Part of the problem is sheer repetitiveness; another problem is that Stu's leering remarks are repulsive rather than endearing. Read full review

  • 40
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    The movie spares no effort to reach out to the crudest, youngest audiences it can. Read full review

  • 40
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    It's a strictly date-night-rental affair, and if you still get Ryan Reynolds and Dane Cook confused, this will do little to help sort things out. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Brian Lowry

    Dane Cook sells out arenas with his stand-up act, and Jessica Alba is, well, Jessica Alba, but once "Chuck" exhausts their devoted bases, this doesn't promise to bring much good luck to Lionsgate. Read full review

  • 38
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    There's still time, but for now, Fogler gets my vote for the worst performance of the year. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    The main audience for this dim little sex comedy has no particular interest in seeing Ms. Alba act. They want to see her in her underwear and also to confront one of the central cultural questions of our time: will she take her top off? Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Hartlaub

    That closing-credits sequence is by far the funniest thing in the disappointing movie, Read full review

  • 25
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Here is the dirty movie of the year, slimy and scummy, and among its casualties is poor Jessica Alba, who is a cutie and shouldn't have been let out to play with these boys. Read full review

  • 25
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    This is less an affront to women than it is to comedy. Read full review

  • 0
    Entertainment Weekly |

    Can we finally just admit that Dane Cook isn't funny? In a comedy so lame its plot could've been swiped from a Bazooka Joe wrapper. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Not for kids 17 and under Not funny or romantic; too raunchy for all ages.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that since this movie imitates the raunchy comedy style of The Wedding Crashers and Judd Apatow movies, it might appeal to older teens who are fans of "hard R" comedies. But this one doesn't have its predecessors' charm, and even though "only" one character smokes pot, nudity and sex (both as a subject of conversation and the act itself) are ubiquitous, and in some cases downright disgusting. Women are discussed as if they were walking genitalia, obese women are the target of ridicule, and even 10-year-olds are depicted as sex fiends who want to actually "do it" during a game of "7 Minutes in Heaven." Plus, the idea that women are so desperate to get married that they'd sleep with a stranger is demeaning and sexist.
  • Families can talk about the "raunchy comedy" trend. Why are sex- and swearing-filled movies so popular? Is this movie as successful as its hard-R predecessors, or does it fall flat? Why? Parents, ask your kids what parts of the movie they found offensive. Why was that the case? Did any of it seem romantic? Why or why not? Families can also discuss whether the movie's central joke is sexist or funny. Do you think women would really line up to sleep with a stranger just so they can get married to the next man they meet?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Chuck takes advantage of women thinking he's a good-luck charm to sleep with as many of them as possible. Stu tries to pass himself off as Chuck so he can "score," too. The idea that women are so desperate to get married that they'd jump into bed with a man they don't even know is sexist and demeaning.
What to watch for
  • violence false1 Violence: Chuck pushes and shoves a man and suffers several mishaps, like getting dental instruments stuck into his back, getting electrocuted, having shards of glass fall into his lap, etc. Cam accidentally falls and hurts herself several times.
  • sex false5 Sex: There's barely a breast-free scene in the movie. Extensive montages of Chuck and dozens of topless women having sex in various positions. Only one love scene -- with Alba -- is nudity free. A disturbing image of a woman with three breasts. Chuck simulates oral sex on a stuffed penguin. A man pleasures himself with a grapefruit.
  • language false5 Language: Many euphemisms for female genitalia and sex: "f--k," "p--y," "p--n," etc. Other curse words ("s--t," "ass," "a--hole," etc.) are said frequently but still less often than the sexual words.
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Hummer SUV; Pamela Anderson's breast implants.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Chuck gets incredibly drunk before one sexual encounter; wedding guests drink champagne; Cam's brother is supposedly always high and in one scene smokes marijuana.
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