Stuber
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: July 12, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Critics
Positive:
9
Mixed:
18
Negative:
10
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeJul 3, 2019
It’s both funny and familiar to see these two incredibly different personalities thrust together for what’s meant to be a short ride. [SXSW work-in-progress review] Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJul 11, 2019
To be clear, Stuber is a very silly movie: Half the action scenes look like they were shot inside a Cuisinart, the sexual politics are questionable, the violence cartoonishly extreme, and the plot has the general coherence of a wet napkin. But Stuber knows that sense and logic aren’t what its audience came for; we’re here for good dumb fun — and of course, central air. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJul 11, 2019
Nanjiani and Bautista are terrific together, but Stuber also benefits from a quartet of wonderful actresses who are all effective despite limited screen time. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJul 3, 2019
The naggy tension between the leads turns into a fine chemistry. [SXSW work-in-progress review] Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJul 10, 2019
This silly trifle might not stand the test of time, or even be remembered by the time you get home, but it gets you where you’re going with a smile on your face. Read full review
65
Film ThreatAlan NgJul 16, 2019
Unfortunately, Stuber never rises to the point of being remarkable in any way. You’ll love it, if you are a fan of either lead, otherwise, it’s a standard buddy movie. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerGary ThompsonJul 11, 2019
Stuber and Shaft are the kind of movies Hollywood made every month back in the ’80s and ’90s, until audiences — after a half dozen or so Lethal Weapons — grew tired of them. Stuber serves to remind us of why we liked them, and also that they wore out their welcome. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartJul 11, 2019
Action flick machismo suffers an identity crisis in Stuber. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)David BerryJul 10, 2019
The action half of the action-comedy tends to lean more towards slapstick than shoot-’em-up, even when heads are exploding, and while it’s capably handled, the movie is at its best when its two leads are bickering in the car. Stuber is probably the only ride share where talking should be strongly encouraged. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 11, 2019
Nanjiani is kind of like Bill Murray. There's just something about him that makes you anticipate something funny coming, if not now, soon, so why not start laughing? I don't know whether it would work in just any film, but here he's such an oasis of intelligence in a desert of comedic stupidity that I'd like to see if it would. Read full review
58
Consequence of SoundDan CaffreyJul 10, 2019
It’s refreshing to see a buddy movie reclaim some of the grit and emotional connection of bygone decades, but for all of its killer fight sequences and shootouts, Stuber just isn’t all that funny after a while. Read full review
55
The AtlanticDavid SimsJul 14, 2019
If you’re looking for a throwback to simpler, sillier times (with a dash of self-awareness about the state of toxic masculinity in 2019), it should just about satisfy. Read full review
50
Paste MagazineOktay Ege Kozak Jul 17, 2019
Stuber, although supported by the odd-couple chemistry between its two leads, ends up as stale as if it was made 20 years ago. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJul 12, 2019
I laughed way too hard at too many points in Stuber to entirely dismiss it, even if, as a movie, it doesn’t really hold together. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 11, 2019
Stuber is as bland and generic a mismatched buddy action-comedy as you’re likely to find. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJul 11, 2019
The only thing worse than hot garbage is elaborately lukewarm mediocrity, and for too much of its running time, the new comedy Stuber is just that. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 10, 2019
It’s one of those dumb movies that are so gleeful about their own idiocy that taking it seriously may seem pointless, which is always a good reason to take a movie seriously. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldJul 10, 2019
Ultimately, despite Nanjiani’s best efforts, it’s a disposable fast-car summer movie, neither terrible or good, for those biding their time before the next “Fast & Furious” installment. Read full review
50
IGNSimon ThompsonJul 10, 2019
Stuber is an awkward, uneven action-comedy that never realizes its full potential. It squanders a good premise and an odd couple pairing with potential that could have delivered something special. Read full review
50
The Associated PressJake CoyleJul 10, 2019
The movie’s premise is one long Uber ad, but it’s a clever enough buddy comedy setup, and both Nanjiani and Bautista are good comic performers. So what’s missing here? Read full review
50
The PlaylistRyan OliverJul 3, 2019
A comedy that’s really quite hyper-violent, a little nasty in tone, and never as funny as it should be. [SXSW work-in-progress review] Read full review
45
TheWrapYolanda MachadoJul 11, 2019
With a title that’s almost as lazy as its script, Stuber is a lackadaisical attempt at a “woke” buddy-cop comedy that just can’t figure out how to fuse together its story with the message it is trying to promote. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jul 3, 2019
The demands of action and comedy, however, are apparently much too great a weight for this action-comedy to Lyft. Read full review
40
EmpireHelen O'HaraJul 13, 2019
It’s uneven and doesn’t quite hit the right balance between yuks and yuck, but the charisma of the two stars – particularly Nanjiani – carries it along. A shame to waste Uwais on such a limited role, though. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 11, 2019
Really there is very little chemistry between Bautista and Nanjiani, the cameo from Karen Gillan is disconcertingly fleeting, and if you compare this with something like the Beanie Feldstein/Kaitlyn Dever comedy Booksmart, the dialogue really does sound a bit pedestrian. Read full review
40
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 11, 2019
Stuber traps two talented dudes — Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista — in a car that’s going nowhere so fast that Thelma and Louise would hop right on. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovJul 10, 2019
It’s the sort of movie that defines the term “summer doldrums” in a way few others have. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrJul 10, 2019
With a by-the-numbers screenplay by Tripper Clancy and assembly-line direction from Michael Dowse (see his 2013 hockey comedy, “Goon,” instead), Stuber is just the umpteenth iteration of the buddy-cop action drama pioneered by “48 Hrs.” almost 40 years ago. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 3, 2019
Nanjiani just kills when he’s grabbing stereotypes (meek, moral South Asians, overly-polite drivers) and shaking them to their senses. But the wisecracks thin out and grate when the violence takes center stage. And Stuber is stupidly violent. Read full review
30
Screen InternationalTim GriersonJul 10, 2019
Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista are a likeable pair that deserve better than Stuber, a strained action-comedy with a clever premise but maddeningly uninspired execution. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangJul 10, 2019
It’s not the clumsiness of the filmmaking that rankles so much as the hypocrisy. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshJul 10, 2019
There is absolutely no reason to catch a ride with the nasty, brutish and shrill "Stuber," a horror movie about our current American nightmare of late capitalist economics and unchecked law enforcement masquerading as an "action comedy." Read full review
25
Washington PostAnn HornadayJul 9, 2019
Even Nanjiani’s endearingly funny turn isn’t enough to elevate Stuber above its own trite, lazy aspirations. He might drive away with the movie, he just doesn’t drive far enough. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 9, 2019
This film is like cynicism transformed into celluloid, a movie made without love and with no vision, except of dollar signs. Read full review
25
Slant MagazinePat BrownJul 3, 2019
More than its violence, the film is defined by its vileness, its straight-faced attachment to outmoded ideas about masculinity and law enforcement. Read full review
20
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJul 15, 2019
In the absence of sharp writing, Bautista and Nanjiani adopt the blunt-weapon approach, shrieking their lines at each other as if they’re trying to hold a conversation from opposite sides of an eight-lane motorway. It’s painfully unfunny stuff. Read full review
20
Time OutPhil de SemlyenJul 6, 2019
Clearly surge pricing also applies to jokes, because it’s mostly about as funny as a traffic jam. Read full review
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