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Metascore
22 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 15 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 51 Ratings

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 11 out of 15
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert K. Elder
    50
    This sophomoric little gimmick picture -- although at times, serving as no more than a showcase for daredevil snowboarding -- provides enough powder power to keep the audience laughing, even over the rocky parts.
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  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    38
    Can't decide what direction it's going in. Some of the time it seems to be a standard teen sex comedy. Occasionally, it appears to be spoofing the genre. It concludes on a romantic, almost honorable note.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Frank Lovece
    30
    Even the snowboarding scenes that might have been the visceral heart of this thing are cut in such a way that we never get more than a few seconds of full-frame athletic skill; despite the real-life snowboarders doing the stunt work (including Rob "Sluggo" Boyce, Tara Dakides and Javas Lehn), it all looks like editing-room cheats.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 37
  3. Negative: 2 out of 37
  1. bkd72
    10
    Out Cold! Incredibly hilarious movie.Come on it features Zach Galafanakis waking up and realizes he is getting his junked licked by a polar bear, need I say more?… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes
  2. Mikeyp.
    10
    By far my favorite movie of all time... Especially after seeing "Casablanca." If you haven't seen Casablanca, Out Cold took that same plot and made it hip!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. AndrewJ
    0
    My friends told me that I *had* to see this movie because it was so unbelievably hilarious. I have to agree with the critics on this one: "Out Cold" is so bad that it isn't even fun to watch as a joke. It is one of the most thoroughly unfunny comedies I have ever seen. How bad does a script have to be to make Zach Galifianakis unfunny? This bad.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes

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