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Wild Hogs
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 29 critic reviews
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Based on 128 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure | Comedy
Written by: Brad Copeland
Directed by: Walt Becker
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 2, 2007
DVD: August 14, 2007
Running Time: 99 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, and some violence
Starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Durand, and M.C. Gainey
A rollicking comedy-adventure about a group of middle-aged friends who decide to rev up their routine suburban lives with a freewheeling motorcycle trip. As they go looking for adventure, they soon find that they've embarked on a journey they will never forget. (Touchstone Pictures)
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FILM: National Lampoon's Van Wilder
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
With its clever premise and quartet of appealing comedic star turns, Wild Hogs is a step above the typical comedies rolling off the assembly lines of the major studios.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
Given his writer-producer credits on good-to-great recent sitcoms ("My Name Is Earl," "Arrested Development," "Grounded for Life"), one might expect more situational wit, or at least some snappy patter, from Brian Copeland's first bigscreen script. Instead, the humor rests primarily on slapstick wipeouts that have no physical consequence.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Jokes dying on the lips of these easy riders are hard to stomach.
Read Full Review >Premiere Laine Ewen
While each actor is talented in his own right, the on-screen friends' relationship is barely developed.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
The movie is this year's "RV," a rolling tent show of suburban male anxieties: castration, obsolescence, dismissive offspring, fears of gayness. LOTS of fears of gayness. Unlike "RV," though, Wild Hogs is funny. Eventually.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Connie Ogle
Wild Hogs is a paint-by-numbers comedy, borrowing most of its broad strokes from sitcoms, and not clever ones like "The Office" and 3"0 Rock," either.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
Isn't as jaw-droppingly awful as its trailers suggest.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
The first midlife crisis movie apparently made with 8-year-olds in mind, Walt Becker's Wild Hogs brings several talents together for a single, clear purpose: to pay off their mortgages.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Nothing about this sputtering midlife-crisis family comedy is natural except the timeless notion that even the most latte-tamed baby boomer has the power to reclaim his inner Iron John. Ray Liotta provides the one true blast of comedic energy as the leader of a real, more pugnacious head-butting gang who tangles with the four amigos.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Toddy Burton
With his doughy face and oversized features, Travolta seems like a giant puppet these days. The lanky stud from "Urban Cowboy" or even the cool killer from "Pulp Fiction" are hazy memories amidst his over-the-top performance from the school of freak-out acting.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Robert Wilonsky
This shallow comedy imagines itself as an amalgam of "St. Elmo's Fire," "The Wild Bunch," and "Deliverance."
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
The movie never rises to the level of the professional, much less the comic. The gags are witless and surprisingly gross. The four actors, each accustomed to being at the center, never develop any rhythm, any chemistry, any anything.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Allen, who have never aspired very far beyond their affable television-comedy personas, are easier to watch than Mr. Travolta or Mr. Macy, who both undertake what can only be called acting. This is more than the picture deserves, but then again, so is Ray Liotta, as the chieftain of the bad bikers, and so is Ms. Tomei.
Read Full Review >Empire Staff (Not credited)
Sounds great, with this cast of men of a certain age on big scary two wheeled monsters. Unfortunately it only pulls it off in places.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Wild Hogs is more tired, worn out, and sagging than its protagonists - an arthritic comedy whose humor is below mediocre and whose drama is cringe-worthy.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
From the embarrassingly over-the-top performance of Ray Liotta as a tough-guy biker to the pratfalls of William H. Macy as a bumbling computer geek, this movie stinks of exhaust and desperation.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Slack direction from Walt Becker (National Lampoon's Van Wilder) sullies this formula comedy, but the cast is agreeable.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Sam Adams
By the time it sputters across the finish line, Wild Hogs feels as if it's gone on forever -- like a trip in a hot car with the windows rolled up. The air is stale and hard to breathe, and it sure feels good when it's over.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Peter Fonda's cameo appearance is a cute fillip, but hardly worth the wait.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
They go on a biker trip from Cincinnati to the West Coast because they are tired of being bored and would prefer to bore us instead.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
Macy's character finds romance with the Madrid, N. M., diner owner played by Marisa Tomei. They're the only two people on screen who relate in any way. But there's no movie here. There is only a tired "City Slickers"-inspired idea for a movie.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
The subculture of weekend warrior bikers is such rich comic material that the ineptitude of Wild Hogs is doubly offensive.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Wild Hogs, which includes a cameo by a live revenant from "Easy Rider," gives a bad name to carpe diem, but could have been worse; the trip might have started from Bangor.
Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
An indolent, PG-13, Disney "biker" flick that does for comedies what Exxon did for Prince William Sound.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
A 0-star Comedy that is nonetheless guaranteed to rake in multimillions.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.4 (out of 10) based on 128 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Daniel V. gave it a1:
I really do not see how anybody can enjoy movies like this. Movies that were put together in a few minutes, with no thought put into it. Not funny at all, and a completely unconvincing story. If you know what makes a good movie, you agree with me. If the stupidest things take your fancy, then you disagree with me, and like this movie. You wanna see a funny movie? Watch Pineapple Express, or Pulp Fiction. Both those movies over shadow this movie in every single facet.
Andrew Mc gave it a9:
I think Wild Hogs was a good movie. I cant see how on earth it is possible for someone to give the movie a ). The movie was suppose to make people laugh and it achieved that hands down being one of the funniest movies I have seen in a while. "WILD HOGS!!"
Claude B gave it an8:
To all those who gave this movie a low rating all I can say is...what did you expect? This is a comedy and comedies are always kind of stupid. Although it was not wall to wall laugh I thought it was entertaining all along. I always like to see well know actors bunch up together to make that that kind of film.
Sarah W gave it a6:
I believe to appreciate this movie you need to know someone who might have or is experiencing a midlife crisis as these men are. Very easy to follow and understand. The laughs are throughout the movie and even after when you think of the statements and scenes in the movie.
Mike p gave it a0:
A bunch of washed up middle aged actors trying to make one last decent film. Failure.
Jason L. gave it a0:
Dear Mr Travolta, please stop. end.
Camille F. gave it a2:
Saw this movie on the plane coming back home. Some good laughs (quite few in my opinion) and lots of missed chances. If you're looking for a movie you don't actually have to listen in order to grasp the storyline fairly (I must have fell dosed on it a couple of times and still perfectly understood what was going on), this on should please you, though I know quite a few more I would recommend first.
