The best critic slams of 'The Wedding Ringer'

Ah, January. The month when, overshadowed by Oscar-contending holdovers, studios dump movies that aren't necessarily the best offerings they have all year. It seems that tradition is continuing with The Wedding Ringer, the Kevin Hart comedy where he plays a best-man-for-hire. Critics weren't particularly moved by the comedy, which currently has a low 31% score on Rotten Tomatoes (although Paste BN's Claudia Puig gave the film two and a half out of four stars, read the full review here). We rounded up the best critic slams of the movie.

Entertainment Weekly:

"Unless your idea of the ultimate screen comedy is to witness how many different ways a fat guy can fall down in one film, you're probably better off breaking off this engagement."

Globe and Mail:

"Love hurts, but Jeremy Garelick's The Wedding Ringer is truly painful."

The Hollywood Reporter:

"The whiff of stale leftovers ... hangs over the movie from start to finish."

The New York Times:

"The director Jeremy Garelick, who wrote the script with Jay Lavender, takes the shortest route whenever possible, which usually means a gratuitous insult."

RogerEbert.com

"If you're at the multiplex in the middle of the afternoon, and "The Wedding Ringer" is the only movie playing at a time that's convenient, you won't be completely miserable. This is not exactly a ringing endorsement, I realize."

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