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41 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critics What's this?

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7.0 out of 10

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  • Starring: Adam Goldberg, Andy Dick, Judy Greer
  • Summary: By creating The Hebrew Hammer, writer/director Kesselman has brought to life a character rarely seen in Hollywood or off-Hollywood films: a sexy and powerful Jewish action hero. (ContentFilm)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    75
    A wickedly funny, Naked Gun-style parody that conflates old-style private-eye pics with Shaft and, yes, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    You don't have to be Jewish to love Jonathan Kesselman's uneven, profane and occasionally flat-out hilarious parody of vintage blaxploitation pictures, but it helps.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    30
    Unfunny rather than outrageous as intended.

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