Super Troopers
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: February 15, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
14
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
Laugh-out-loud comedies are so rare that you shouldn't casually pass up Super Troopers, which is essentially a smarter and much funnier version of the old "Police Academy" flicks. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
There's a thin line between smart-stupid and just plain stupid, and Super Troopers walks it with ease.
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerEllen A. Kim
The cast, collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist, shows deft comic timing, particularly Chandrasekhar, who wrings laughs just by his reaction to the locals' racist remarks. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
Mostly, Super Troopers is plain goofy. Read full review
70
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
With no greater ambition than reworking the Police Academy movies, Broken Lizard comes up with a winning formula: one part laughs to two parts goodwill. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeNick A. Zaino III
Broken Lizard has a way to go to match the absurdity and conceptual genius of Monty Python or Kids in the Hall, but Super Troopers has promising moments of oddity. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Plays like it was directed as a do-it-yourself project, following instructions that omitted a few steps, and yet the movie has an undeniable charm. Read full review
60
Film ThreatMichael Dequina
Luckily, the genuinely funny jokes far outnumber the duds in the film itself, which is helped by the generally energetic performances by Broken Lizard and their co-stars. Read full review
60
VarietyDavid Rooney
A fairly sustained barrage of broad undergraduate humor and gross-out gags that should tickle young auds looking for unsophisticated laughs. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Though there's a crime to be solved, a romance to go awry, and lots of trooper-police politics to elaborate on, the strangely drawn out pacing somehow feels fresh rather than oppressive. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Scattershot, hit-and-often-miss comedy. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Broken Lizard does it with a shit-faced integrity that's worth a salute. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
Close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air. Read full review
50
Washington PostDesson Thomson
The best thing about the movie is its personable, amusing cast, all members of the five-man comedy troupe Broken Lizard. There's a chemistry among them, which obviously comes from having been together as comedians at Colgate University. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels
Fans of cheesy '70s TV shows will also be pleased by Wonder Woman Lynda Carter's brief cameo appearance as the governor of Vermont. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMark Caro
Manages to leave the impression that it was funny even though most of its jokes don't score. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jason Anderson
When Farva sees O'Hagan in civilian wear -- a denim jacket and blue jeans -- he asks his boss, "Where'd you get the Canadian tuxedo?" Such moments may not be as exciting as the sight of Homer Simpson at the CN Tower, but they'll do. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Puerile, offensive, degrading, dumb, pointless, insipid and may just well be a harbinger for the end of Western civilization as we know it. But I laughed. Sorry.
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
The exceedingly silly Super Troopers is an earnest, mostly funny spoof. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Begins so well that it's painful to watch it degenerate into tried-and-true frat-boy humor. Read full review
40
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
It's technically a well-made film: Chandrasekhar, who directed, gives it the look of a studio feature on a sizably smaller budget. It's just the script that betrays its cast. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
The thing about stoner comedy is that, well, it helps to be stoned. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
There's nothing super about Super Troopers except for those deep into the low end of the frat-house mentality that equates smart-alecky with hilarity. Read full review
10
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Bad and tasteless. You laugh neither with it nor at it but rather sit counting the minutes while the movie laughs, for no good reason, at itself. Read full review
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