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2017
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Positive Reviews
25
Negative reviews
147
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2.2
But its self effacement is too halfhearted, its desire to deliver genuine thrills and jiggles too overwhelming, its central redemption story too oddly ..
Av Club
2.0
Here, theyve designed another limp, shallow content delivery machine thats concerned only with hitting the notes legally required to use the Baywatch ..
Av Club
3.0
Taken as a whole, Baywatch is less a narrative than a knowing dart board filled with just about every cheap laugh in the book.
Den Of Geek
1.5
Yet the problem here is that Baywatch just isnt ludicrous enough.
Den Of Geek
3.2
If you look beyond the dick jokes, Baywatch is actually pretty fun.
Indie Wire
1.5
When former Olympic swimmer Matt Brody (Zac Efron) shows up, guaranteed a spot for PR reasons, Mitch isnt going to let him skate by so easily.
Indie Wire
2.5
Please let a sequel happen because Dwayne Johnsons squad deserves better.
We Got This Covered
2.5
But mostly the overly long proceedings consist of dick jokes and a constant reminder that this is an ironic take on bygone property.
Austin Chronicle
1.5
And any reboot of the show that doesnt include Mitchs son Hobie is a wash in my book.
Austin Chronicle
4.0
The generousradicalthing about Hollywoods version of the tush ogling 90s TV phenomenon is that, pretty quickly, it makes you feel in on the joke.Takin ..
Time Out
1.0
Baywatch is a far more ambitious proposition, complete with effects heavy action sequences, but he proves ill equipped at executing any of the films m ..
Screen Daily
2.5
Its all mindless fun but things go downhill when the movie turns into an unfunny and illogical crime drama.
ETimes (TOI)
1.0
It doesnt know if should deflate the bombast of its comedy or go for broke.This leaves it awkwardly standing in the middle ground, clinging to any dic ..
Collider
1.5
It doesnt know if should deflate the bombast of its comedy or go for broke.
Collider
2.5
The technique is campy but the sight of kids drowning doesnt connect with camp.You wonder if the director has kids or a soul.
Vulture
1.0
Did the production outsource its special effects to Asylum Studios.All of this could be forgiven if the cardboard characters had a semblance of chemis ..
Paste Magazine
1.9
But let me not get ahead of myself.The trailers were funny enough to make me look forward to the picture.
Rogerebert
2.4
Baywatchs beautiful cast cant conceal the lack of funny jokes in this adaptation.
IGN
2.0
As a film, it takes all these elements and jacks them up with steroids and machismo.Everything about Baywatch the movie is big, brash and bombastic.
Telegraph
2.5
Its one of many ways Baywatch is unintentionally hilarious, but luckily its also mostly funny when it tries to be.
The Young Folks
3.0
While the humor isnt necessarily as laugh out loud funny as it could have been, it did get slightly gruesome with a little bit of violent.Leave it to ..
JoBlo
2.0
For all its surface level progressiveness and formulaic humor, Baywatch does succeed in delivering some entertaining and exciting action sequences.
Screen Rant
1.9
The last thing that must be said about Baywatch and this really is its saving grace is that this movie never takes itself seriously.
The Globe And Mail
2.2
The whole movie would be too, were it not for the more obnoxious moments that will be difficult to eradicate from your memory.
One Guys Opinion
1.9
Ugh.But it surely deserved better than this, a leering, violent, coarse, deathly dull and stupidly long send up that doesnt give Dwayne Johnson enough ..
Rogers Movie Nation
1.5
Seth Gordon, the director of Four Christmases, Identity Thief and Horrible Bosses, is put in charge of the transition, with the production taking a ch ..
Blu Ray
1.0
Their nonstop insults trigger the biggest laughs amid a sea of jokes about penises and cleavage; gay and racial jokes that might have tanked mostly su ..
Chicago Reader
2.5
This flick might be bigger than the original Baywatch from the production budget to its stars muscles but lacks the cheesy fun.
Usa Today
1.0
No, what the makers have captured and emulated is the TV shows trademark combination of conspicuous sleaze and formal naivety.
The Times
1.5
All those hands the script passed through and nobody thought to punch up the dry scenes
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Brainless, broad, and a little bit crude, Baywatch nevertheless succeeds by putting its tongue firmly in its cheek and charming its way through.
Radio Times
2.0
Ill admit that the comedy works better than the fairly uninspired action sequences, but thats not saying a great deal about the quality of whats offer ..
Screen It
2.0
Even The Rocks gravitational charm cant hold the set piece together.
Independent
2.5
Think of yourself sitting down for a big two hour wallow in instant stupid with a vat of popcorn, slathered in fake butter and possibly a mound of mel ..
Rolling Stone
1.5
Even if you put Dwayne Johnson in trunks.READ MORE See Dwayne Johnsons latest POWER MOVE.
The Wrap
3.8
Still, like the original show, its entertaining and mostly good natured fun.
News Day
2.5
Baywatch steals shamelessly from the 21 Jump Street template, minus the comic interplay and effective slapstick.
Film Journal
0.5
An utter waste of production resources as well as viewers time and money.
Hindustan Times
1.0
There is virtually no swearing.Visual gags have been hacked to bits.
Hindustan Times
2.0
Priyanka Chopra draws the short straw as a Bond style villainess with an empty cackle, but its fun to watch Dwayne The Rock Johnson rib Zac Efrons fal ..
The Guardian
1.0
This lacklustre comedy heads off in that direction but it doesnt have the wit or the stamina to stay afloat.
The Guardian
2.0
Sure, there were plenty of dopey set pieces, but the jokes landed and Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill had great chemistry.Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron a ..
Az Central
2.0
Its relentlessly light hearted.Five writers lent their talents to the serious business of making affectionate fun of the original and the director is ..
Smh
2.0
And yeah, thats it in a clamshell, and its all the film has going on for most of the first hour.Which will probably be fine with its intended audience ..
Npr
2.5
There is little genuine wit to be found in this awkward action/comedy hybrid.
Star Tribune
1.0
Gets everything dismally wrong, up to and including the bloopers shown over the credits always a sign of desperation.
Daily Mail
2.5
But with the exception of the first 21 Jump Street, Hollywood seems to be beyond the point of putting any effort into these things.Aside from some mil ..
Ew
1.5
Sadly, its yet another disingenuous, botched adaptation that wants to make money off of the fan base, while conveying obvious embarrassment toward the ..
Cinema Crazed
1.0
Shots of flames are seen overhead while the characters are immersed in the bay.Even if the images are CGI, it is kind of impressive.
Salon
1.5
Whether Johnsons nuclear grade charisma and room illuminating smile will one day save our republic remains an open question.
Slate
2.0
There are plenty of good jokes here and, unsurprisingly, the big screen Baywatch delivers amply on bouncing bosoms, with balance of sorts provided by ..
Flim List
2.5
Conclusion That leaves the inevitable conclusion that the people who need saving the most here are a likable cast with nothing to do but look good in ..
Film Inquiry
1.0
One of the most lacklustre comedies of the year.Dwayne Johnson is the Hasselhoff substitute, playing main man lifeguard Mitch Buchannon.
Empire
3.0
Snarky and slyly splashy, its a raunchy big screen riff on TVs 90s action comedy.
Susang Ranger
1.0
What a shame to take this charming cast and maroon them in a morass of stale jokes and sub sitcom level plot twists in a remake that reads as a missed ..
Common Sense Media
2.0
No one is asking Baywatch to look like a Marvel superhero film, but damn, it isnt pretty.
Flickering Myth
5.0
Thank heaven for Dwayne Johnson, whose foot wide smile will not be switched off, and who saves the life of the movie. Whether it deserves to be saved ..
New Yorker
3.5
But its also a lot of fun.If youre looking to lose yourself in a picture that wont tax your cranium too much, you could do worse than to submit to thi ..
Time
1.3
But theres only so much a charismatic giant can do when hes up against a blend of lazy gross out humor and inane male wish fulfillment weighed down by ..
Washington Post
2.5
Tacky and phony and nasty and also kind of fun.Not everything is surf and sand and eye candy, though.
The New York Times
1.5
It wants to be a self aware, R rated comedy and a straightforward action picture.
The Film Stage
1.9
It will help you, the consumer, decide if the movies the kind of wringer you want to put your money through.The plot, of course, is fascinating and mu ..
Chicago Tribune
2.5
The image is fun and funny because of how straightforwardly self aware it is, an idealized glimpse of a real life superhero.
Boston Globe
2.8
Laura: When 21 Jump Street arrived, it wasnt the first movie parodying the TV show it adapted, but it mostly got it right, subverting the conventions ..
Reeling Reviews
2.8
Whether tis nobler to make an earnestly mediocre homage to a mediocre series, or to try to go bigger, to satirize, to not just mimic the original but ..
Uproxx
0.5
Because brown people are interchangeable but should always have Anglo names, I guess.But at least theres a bit of diversity here *lolsob* ) No, wait, ..
Flickfilosopher
1.0
Its not unreasonable that Seth Gordons mercilessly rubbish reboot of the 1990s TV show expected to get by on the collective charms of Zac Efron and Dw ..
The Irish Times
1.5
The lowbrow humor is lazy and repetitive, and the action scenes are flat out terrible, with some shoddy special effects work that should never have ma ..
Las Vegas Weekly
1.3
The movie acknowledges (how could it not) that the primary appeal of Baywatch was the eye candy and it has a little fun with this.
ReelViews
1.0
A big screen reboot so lifeless and mechanical that even its end credits outtakes are not amusing, Baywatch proves much less than the sum of its unden ..
Hollywood Reporter
1.0
If you see Baywatch, you will very probably find yourself laughing.
The Atlantic
3.3
Based on the concept, its probably impossible to make a truly great Baywatch movie.But the film is a pleasant enough distraction.
Lyles Movie Files
2.5
The right balance is never struck, and the actual action that breaks out over the course of its two hour runtime never escalates beyond being intrigui ..
Birth Movies Death
2.0
The question is whether big screen versions take the beloved characters somewhere new.
Standard
1.0
Director Lets make it into a movie but cast flat chested babes.Well get some Howard Hughes type enhancements that make them look like theyve got some ..
Tony Medley
1.0
And its in the spirit of the Hoff (who blesses the film with an inspired cameo) that the Baywatch movie celebrates everything that was cheesy about th ..
Los Angeles Times
1.9
But a relatively harmless bad movie that has the temerity to pretend to be a good one
Movie Freak
2.2
What youve got is some basic R rated humor, a few funnies, some tanned, toned bodies and a half baked plot nothing more, but maybe a little less. Its ..
Detroit News
1.5
The filmmakers dont realize that just because you see increasingly buffoonish stuff on the screen doesnt automatically warrant a laugh from you.
Firstpost
1.5
Hes the outsider, the only one whos not that serious about lifeguarding, and hes funny.
Firstpost
1.0
Crude and silly, searching for the laughs in this R rated comedy is the equivalent of scouring the beach with a metal detector looking for lost items.
Cnn
1.9
Rather than humorously commenting on the programs silly plots, Baywatch merely devises one of its own.Nothing about the crime story here is even remot ..
Aisle Seat
1.5
And I could forgive the lack of laughs in a film with a better story and more on its mind.
Forbes
2.0
While Baywatch aint all bad it stars the unfeasibly likeable Dwayne Johnson, for cryin out loud there isnt enough good stuff to fill a two hour movie.
Herald Sun
1.5
It might tide you over until the next blockbuster comedy, but if youre fishing for something better, just sail on past Baywatch.
Consequence Of Sound
1.9
The degree to which Baywatch ultimately alienates the viewer is somewhat shocking, as the movie boasts a relatively engaging opening stretch thats rif ..
Reel Film
2.5
Given a chance Efron can be very funny, but half a chance is all this film seems able to manage.
Nj
1.0
But the 90s silliness of the series and its main protagonist, Hasselhoffs Mitch Buchannon, is undercut by an undeniable earnestness that complicates i ..
Vox
3.0
While there is much fun to be had here, this ultimately feels like a bit of a missed opportunity there are plenty of laughs and the sight of another t ..
Hey U Guys
1.3
Other than some slo mo self parody, the film discards any real connection to the titillatingly cheesy television series that inspired it.Words you can ..
The Star
2.0
Cinematically, the film is often visually incoherent in its action.
The Play List
2.0
Baywatch isnt terrible, but its way too long and way too flat to be more than sporadically entertaining.
Now Toronto
1.0
This is where digital technologies can act as a potential game changer.
Scroll
1.0
Baywatch is simply the latest casualty of a system that privileges star presence over structure; unfortunately the talents of Mssrs.
Film Ink
2.5
(MA) 116 minutes Winter is here in the southern hemisphere, which means the start of the summer blockbuster season in Hollywood and they dont get any ..
The Age
2.5
Many others have tried and failed, but BAY WATCHbased on the inexplicably popular series from the 1990sturns out to be a lot more entertaining than it ..
Maki At The Movies
1.5
It doesnt matter that the source material TV show was mystery oriented, because it certainly wasnt a raunchy teen comedy.
1.0
Its filled out with crass humour and terrible SFX that dont make sense considering the films near $70M price tag.
Cine Vue
2.0
But a light hearted tone, gross out gags and stream of bantz are a poor substitute for a decent joke or a smart script.
Mirror
1.0
Daddarios presence alongside Johnson conjures the spirit of San Andreas, a disaster flick defined by its inadvertent hilarity.
Games Radar
2.0
Published on May 31, 2017 Stephs review of Baywatch concludes that it didnt make a very big..splash.
You Tube
2.5
Johnson totes it mightily through rote action and obligatory cameos all the way to the end credit bloopers, a signature of countless lazy comedies.Nex ..
Tamp A Bay
2.5
Its a shame.The cast is capable, and a meta examination of Baywatch should have produced something sharper.
New York Post
2.0
The film works best when it is knee deep in ridiculous, suspend your disbelief action, but it too frequently careers into heartfelt exposition between ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
2.0
Overall Baywatch has a committed, beautiful and charming cast but fails to give them a fun story to work with, instead we are left with something that ..
Star Burst Magazine
2.0
Some decent gags, but the film quickly falls to pieces despite Johnsons best efforts.
Lw Lies
2.0
Not only did it boast a great cast in Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron but the early trailers promised Seth Gordons reboot would come with its tongue firm ..
Digital Spy
0.5
But worse than dick jokes, theres some hardcore fat shaming and transphobia.Its not like Baywatch had much to live up tothe TV show wasnt exactly a ma ..
The Stranger
2.0
But Baywatch wants to have its cake and eat it, taking the rise out of its premise at one moment, and asking us to take it seriously the next.
Independent Ie
2.5
Lively movie versions of Charlies Angels and 21 Jump Street proved that with inventive writing, snarky performances and deranged energy, the result ca ..
Contact Music
3.7
He takes a deep breath.See, the thing about effectively funny jokes is they are setting us up to laugh one way or another.
Ar Kansas Online
1.0
In Baywatch, a cellulite free saga of hard bodies and soft heads, the way of all flesh is a progression from sand to surf.At its best, this big screen ..
Wsj
1.0
Something that will make me laugh even if I feel ridiculous for finding it funny.Alas, this is not the case.
Killer Movie Reviews
2.5
But much to our amusement, the major players are in on the joke.Except the joke never evolves, rendering the self joshing adaptation of the famed 90s ..
Patriot Ledger
1.0
1 of 8 View Caption This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Hannibal Buress as Dave, left, and Jon Bass as Ronnie in Baywatch.
Sltrib
2.0
This movie seems more interested in emulating the recent successes of its leads, but its efforts to reach the high octane thrills of Fast & Furious , ..
Scmp
1.9
Most of the time the cast is going for big, broad laughs, but the bloated two hour running time also affords plenty of room for B movie plot about a s ..
Chicago Sun Times
3.5
But where the film gets it right is being totally in on the joke.
Punch Drunk Critics
1.5
While there might be plenty of gags in the script, there is, frankly, little that is original about Baywatchs comedy.Sure, Yahya Abdul Mateen II shine ..
Straight
2.0
Director Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) had the perfect opportunity for a fun and breezy popcorn movie.
Movie Web
0.0
Lower what little expectation you have going in and youll still be disappointed.
Sandiego Reader
1.5
Baywatch is easily one of the worst films of the summer and one that I hope audiences wont spend any of their hard earned money on.
We Live Entertainment
1.5
This is the projects biggest accomplishment.That it is so consistently unfunny that it lulls us into a kind of comedic coma.
Cinemix Tape
2.8
Comedy should surprise, and there is very little to surprise us in Baywatch.
ComingSoon
2.5
I wish this empathy encouraged him to choose better projects.Baywatch, while occasionally cute, is an altogether dull ride.
The Ringer
1.5
Johnson assumes an additional role of executive producer on Baywatch and you can see what hes trying to achieve here: taking a once beloved franchise ..
News Week
2.0
Its all so easy.Baywatch does all this, but it still feels off like its pounding on a heavyweight champ with kid gloves.
Metro New York
3.0
It exceeds in constructing funny awkward moments taken to great heights by little known name Jon Bass.
One Room With A View
1.0
Andersons role is nothing but an end of movie cameo that teases a sequel.
Solzy At The Movies
3.0
Reboots can be done better than this.Most are pretty good these days; old properties like Vacation have been dusted off and afforded care and attentio ..
The Shiz Nit
1.5
So when rebooting this property as a summer movie spectacle, convoluted plot lines, lots of slo mo, and an ensemble of astoundingly beautiful people w ..
Cbr
1.5
It might have something to do with the fact that it seems like hes in the reboot/adaptation of just about everything, but he just doesnt feel right he ..
Scene Stealers
2.0
Giving a knowing comic spin to a cheesy late 1980s/90s TV series worked a treat for big screen spoof 21 Jump Street and its sequel, but not even Dwayn ..
What So
3.1
Its too bad a skilled comic writer like Tina Fey wasnt tapped to drop the boys will be boys drivel and beef up the potent bits that were already in pl ..
Clclt
1.0
Baywatch is that lazy, cheesy summer tentpole film which sticks to a template and doesnt even try to be nifty.
India Today
1.0
It is a film without purpose, failing to even entertain at the most basic level.
Concrete Play Ground
1.3
When ideas become intellectual property, their value becomes material rather than creative and a trite TV show from 1989 may be lucrative to reboot ev ..
National Post
1.0
But the lesson that must be learned is that escapism especially when its TV based amounts to cultural idiocy.Despite its sun bright carousing, cuss wo ..
National Review
1.0
In short, it seems perfectly content to be just as bad as its source, one of the most legendarily awful shows ever to enjoy a lengthy run, albeit most ..
National Review
2.5
Fortunately, what keeps this film afloat barely is its spot on casting.Everyone is picture perfect.
The New Paper
0.5
Insofar as anyone asks for any movie, no one asked for Baywatch but because it has a higher profile than other examples of this genre, its harder to i ..
Trespass Mag
3.0
This equates to about a quid a chuckle at the average price of a cinema ticket.Not too bad.
Daily Star
3.5
And if you fans of the television series keep your eyes peeled, you may spot a familiar face or two.All in all, a fun film you should wait 15 minutes ..
Media Mikes
2.5
Thats great news if you want to leave the kids at home and have a grown up date night.But its a problem if youre looking to, er, laugh.
Toronto Sun
1.8
Instead, the cliches never end as we get a by the numbers and unnecessary crime story straight from network TV land.Wasted is a cast that deserves bet ..
Daily Film Fix
1.5
Still, I laughed out loud enough times to recommend this retread.
Fw Weekly
1.5
Now, maybe the filmmakers werent thinking light and fun and fresh.
Ap News
1.0
Big screen adaptation misses every opportunity to not suck It takes a special kind of effort to make the worst movie of the year.
Columbus Alive
2.5
Instead, it follows a by the numbers action comedy formula and cant commit to either an earnest or tongue in cheek tone.
Spectrum Culture
1.0
If youre in the mood for breezy summer fun, youll be better served by skipping the multiplex and just heading to an actual beach.
Mash Able
2.0
It would be very unreasonable to expect cinematic greatness from the big screen adaptation of the 90s popular television series Baywatch the show whic ..
Cairo 360
2.5
Something either went wrong or didnt go right enough. With all those nice looking people in bathing suits and everyone on screen and in the audience r ..
Sf Chronicle
2.0
But dont go in expecting anything as smart and clever as the 21 Jump Street movies that this film is pretty clearly hoping to emulate; it just doesnt ..
2.0
Baywatch should have been a perfect summer film but it fails to make you laugh when there are numerous efforts to make you laugh.
Film Ireland
1.0
Yet I double checked doesnt give Nihalani credit either for Editing or Screenwriting or Co Directing, showing us how thanklessly the man scissors on.
Ndtv
1.3
Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron lead the cast, but cant do much with a nonexistent storyline and a series of R rated gags.
Heral
0.5
Baywatch mightve been more watchable if it managed to have a bit more actual fun, not dunce level antics masquerading as fun.
News
1.0
Is it an action movie saluting Mitchs heroism.Is it a redemption story for Brody, whos basically a younger, dumber Ryan Lochte
Review Journal
0.0
Baywatch fails on nearly every level: as a comedy, as an action movie, as entertainment .. theres just no saving grace here worth recommending.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
2.5
After all, the best joke in the movie is one that comes at the expense of fans.
Free Beacon
2.5
This feature adaptation will win no awards (I hope), and is certainly no great art, but is genuinely enjoyable dumb fun, as long as one leaves most cr ..
Film Festival Today
1.5
Mixing hard bodies with a soft headed mystery involving drugs and real estate, Baywatch is neither funny nor tense enough to drive the movie to whatev ..
Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
1.5
Wrong.Baywatchs smug smirk of a reaction to its own sloppiness makes it even more infuriating.
The Film Experience
2.0
Baywatch is an enjoyably dumb and kind of funny way to spend a couple of summer hours.
The Week
2.0
On the whole, BAYWATCH had so much going for it but it doesnt live upto the expectations.
Bollywood Hungama
3.1
When is a comedy not terribly funny yet still recommendable When said film does not live or die based on its jokes, and everything surrounding them re ..
The Film File
1.9
Keep those expectations low, and the movie derived from this pop culture artifact is passably enjoyable.
Seattle Times
1.0
The original show at least took itself seriously, this unfunny mess though is anything but fun.
Iol Co Za
1.5
Quite often literally.But anchored on the frat humour canon of penis jokes and pervading perviness, it ends up playing it safe, never really adding an ..
Iol Co Za
2.0
Its a comedy in which the action is staged abominably and is seldom funny, and the plot is a lot of nonsense.
Splice Today
2.5
Bawdy, brawny, spicy, sexy and fun sun, sand, surf, a little bit of action, a load of laughs and some totally rockin beach bods.
Parade
1.9
When the plot returns the film to the level of the awful original TV show, youre on your own.By all means, laugh at all the hi jinx in the morgue if y ..
Buffalo News
1.0
It offers more male based wish fulfillment, where the shlubby guy effortlessly scores the hot chick.Ohmigod, stop with the gay panic jokes!
Pgh City Paper
1.5
Is Baywatch successful in its endeavour Unfortunately, for the movie, the waves come down crashing badly.
Bollywood Life
1.0
This movie ought to be brainless summer fun. Im sorry it isnt. No one expects Shakespearean dialogue or plotting in a movie based on the jiggly TV ser ..
Leonard Mal
2.5
There are funny moments in Baywatch, most of them courtesy of Johnson, who has become a sharp comic performer. But there arent enough of them ...
Twin Cities
1.5
Its a funny question, and if the film went full parody it could have been teased into a movie length gag.
3.0
But something has been lost in translation from screenplay to screen the jokes should be funnier than they are.
Daily Telegraph
1.5
Nothing about it is going to surprise you, its plot is pretty standard stuff.
KCCI (Des Moines, IA)
3.0
Its why Baywatch is more than a juiced up piece of recycled junk with swimsuits and slo mo.The Rocks stoic core anchors this empty vessel, and gives T ..
Ex Press
0.5
Baywatch never opts for ennui as a decent alternative to smutty entertainment.
Zee News India
1.5
And no, Efron dressed in drag solely for the sake of seeing Efron in drag isnt funny.
Reel Reviews
2.0
Unfortunately, Baywatch never quite keeps up that same momentum, abandoning that self aware, tongue in cheek tone for a more generic, cheese ball come ..
Ib Times
2.0
But it out stays its welcome and fails to deliver any big laughs.
I News
1.5
He doesnt get to display them here, mainly because the script doesnt grant them.
VultureHound
1.5
But audiences dont come to these movies for plot.There need to be big laughs, the wackier the better.
Business Insider
1.5
And this makes the failure to be simple, stupid, joyous summer fun so very frustrating.
Movie City News
2.5
It wouldve been nice to replicate the experience of 21 Jump Streetan elevationbut as it stands (swims), Baywatch is exactly what you expect.At least i ..
The Coast
1.3
To spoof something you have to take its elements and wildly exaggerate them to comic effect.
Baltimore Magazine
1.5
The taint obsessed Dwayne Johnson, as head lifeguard Mitch Buchannon, doesnt fare much better, with most of his intended to be funny insults hurled at ..
Ign
1.0
I whispered a prayer, secretly wishing that the movie isnt what I was thinking.
India Tv News
2.5
So it is that the movie strides forth with a nod, smile, the gleam of its likeable cast, and an eagerness to turn cheesiness into raucous humour.
Arts Hub
1.5
Unlike the great movies based on TV shows, Baywatch never decided if it was making fun of the show... or celebrating it... It doesnt so much try to ha ..
Nerd Report
1.5
With a paper thin plot line, the film is a snooze fest peppered with silly one liners, suggestive innuendos et Al.
PINKVILLA
0.5
No, Baywatch does not work in the comedic department... nor in the CGI, action, or script departments.
Pólvora
1.5
More surreal stuff like that, and you might have had something original.
S Fist
4.5
While the cast is hands down the best part of the movie, the comedy isnt too shabby its self.
The Movie Blog
2.0
Heading in with the lowest of expectations, I couldnt help but be surprised by some of the truly funny moments the film presents.
Rescu
1.9
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Its OK to cry like Carrie: Showtime has officially confirmed the eighth season of Homeland will be its last.
Arca Max
1.5
The tone jockeys back and forth between self aware and self serious, refusing to land anywhere in the vicinity of a silly summer comedy.
0.5
Youll love it.But for everyone else, BAYWATCH will leave you unsatisfied.
Sassymamainla
0.5
Plus, theres the yesteryear beach hero bhai, David Hasselhoff, who grabs a little more footage.
Spot Boye
1.5
But this comedy only embraces its not so secret identity in uneven doses.
Mara Movies
1.9
There are more than a few instances of jokes falling with a thud or succumbing to pervasive predictability over the course of its nearly two hours on ..
Cleve Land Movie Blog
2.5
Gone is the campy fun of the TV series and instead it is lowbrow dick and boob jokes for a heavy age restriction with little payoff.
Weekend Special Co Za
1.5
While Zac Efrons comedic scream isnt nearly as good as Ryan Goslings in The Nice Guys, it still may be the highlight of the film.
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