Unfinished Business
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: March 6, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
15
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63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerMar 5, 2015
Not without charm, Unfinished Business mixes the cute with the raunchy. Penises adorably happen. But besides the schlongenfreude, there’s a subtext about how-did-I-get-here lives, and righting oneself before it’s too late. Is the star himself listening? Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMar 5, 2015
While by no means a masterpiece, the comedy, by Canadian director Ken Scott, is a careful calibration of crass gags and genuine sentiment that succeeds more often than it fails. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyDana Rose FalconeMar 6, 2015
The movie struggles to find its comedic footing by trying to bring out the family man in Dan Trunkman and underutilizing Franco, whose character clearly has much more to his disadvantage than a lack of prior business experience. Bottom line: Unfinished Business doesn’t deserve that handshake after all. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 5, 2015
This is just a slightly better than mediocre film with a disconcerting grasp of the truth. Read full review
50
USA TodayBrian TruittMar 5, 2015
A bland road-trip film that falls flat while heaping on the raunchiness. Read full review
45
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMar 4, 2015
Unfinished Business isn’t a laugh-free experience — Nick Frost steals every scene as a business underling with a kinky side — and some of the comic set pieces actually work. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMar 5, 2015
A once-energetic comic talent (and underrated serious actor) slows down to a pace he must feel matches his audience these days. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAndy WebsterMar 5, 2015
A “EuroTrip” with balance sheets, the slick, innocuous comedy Unfinished Business fails to seal the deal. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 5, 2015
Unfinished Business is a jumble of half-baked ideas, none particularly interesting. Read full review
40
Screen DailyJohn HazeltonMar 4, 2015
The supporting cast takes some of the comic weight off the always likeable Vaughn’s shoulders. But Wilkinson’s character is too sad-sack to be really funny and Franco’s verges on the mawkish. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonDave CalhounMar 4, 2015
This limp, sometimes lifeless business-trip comedy can’t decide whether to aim for teenage boys or their fathers. So it plumps for – and misses – both. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyMar 6, 2015
The characters are not people, but rough drafts of simplistic character-traits, and the actors (game as they all are) cannot create something out of nothing. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 5, 2015
Is it a hard-R road trip comedy that makes no apologies for politically incorrect humor — or a sweet family film with a message about tolerance and acceptance? It’s both, I suppose. And neither element is particularly convincing or particularly funny. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEric HendersonMar 5, 2015
The whole point of Vince Vaughn's cinematic existence is that he's a paragon for reformed chauvinism. He's an irrepressible but highly tamable id. Not so here. Read full review
38
Boston GlobePeter KeoughMar 5, 2015
Almost all mainstream movies steal from other movies, but the better ones get away with it because they possess some distinctive identity. The best that Ken Scott’s Unfinished Business can come up with is Vince Vaughn — as the straight man. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 4, 2015
Unfinished Business, the second film Vaughn has done with the deliberately paced Canadian Ken Scott (“Delivery Man”) groans under the weight of expected laughs, expectations that are rarely met. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleWilliam GossMar 11, 2015
The result is about as memorable as an evening spent shitfaced at your local Applebee’s. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMar 5, 2015
A sluggishly paced collection of go-nowhere sight gags, flat-footed set pieces and incoherent business chatter that offers few laughs and little real payoff. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschMar 4, 2015
Unfinished Business is the cinematic equivalent of sub-par fast food (think Carl’s Jr. or Jack in the Box); it’s cheap, easy and maybe even tasty for a second or two, but leaves you feeling queasy and undernourished. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin ChangMar 4, 2015
A comedy with its heart in the right place and everything else bizarrely out of joint. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 9, 2015
Unfinished Business is bad - not epically bad but bad enough. Little contained in this misfire of a film works and the few successful things are dragged out to the point where they die a lingering death. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithMar 5, 2015
Mostly Unfinished Business is a tale of unfinished jokes. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMar 5, 2015
Unfinished Business squanders almost every opportunity provided by its potentially funny premise. Instead, it becomes yet another blotch on star Vince Vaughn’s résumé. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMar 5, 2015
Mawkishness, gay panic, and lazy jokes make Vince Vaughn's workplace comedy considerably less fun than work itself. Read full review
20
The DissolveNathan RabinMar 5, 2015
Unfinished Business aspires to high-spirited antics, but it feels defeated and exhausted from the very start. Read full review
0
The PlaylistDrew TaylorMar 6, 2015
Unfinished Business is the type of movie that is so awful that as it rolls along (its 91-minute runtime feels agonizing) you get more and more restless. Read full review
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