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2016
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Pee-wees Big Holiday
Positive Reviews
30
Negative reviews
5
Average Rating
3.3
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2.0
Its like catching up with an old friend. But nostalgia gets you only so far.
EW
3.8
Aside from being as funny as it is elementary, it will remind you of how this masterpiece character transcends age, and instill hope that hell have mo ..
Rogerebert
3.5
The biggest surprise, frankly, might be that the funniest person here is frequently Manganiello.
Variety
3.0
Watching the man childs latest outing, Pee Wees Big Holiday, however, you wouldnt know it.
The Guardian
4.0
Just like Big Adventure, Big Holiday has some truly delightful sketches amidst the adventure.
Collider
3.0
Like the Muppets and the Simpsons, Pee wee Herman seems not to age.
The New York Times
4.0
However, regardless, the very good news is that Pee wees big Holiday is a satisfying, funny movie for Pee wee fans that once more captures what makes ..
IGN
1.0
Part of the problem may be that in 2016 Pee wee is still boxing an opponent who long ago called it quits: a stiff, suppressive culture.
3.8
.Paul Reubens returns as Pee wee Herman, who embarks on a trip to New York in the Netflix film Pee wees Big Holiday.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.5
The retro random journey is capped off by a sweetly funny musical number thats thisclose to being a delight.
Ny Daily News
3.5
If the success of the most recent Star Wars is partly due to its shameless plundering of the original trilogys greatest hits, the same might be said f ..
Village Voice
2.5
But our good will goes a long way where Pee Wees concerned.Herman appreciation is like love for Tinker Belle.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.0
10 1 6 / 10 Considering his pop culture dominance, its strange to consider that the character Pee wee Herman has only starred in two pictures, with th ..
Blu Ray
2.5
Overall, though, Pee wees forgettable Holiday cant be considered a big adventure or even a worthwhile nostalgia trip.
Usa Today
2.0
But it never reaches the delirious heights of whimsy that it so clearly aims for.
Eric Ds Nider
2.5
A disappointing rehash of Pee wees 1985 film debut. Netflix subscribers may find it skim worthy.
News Day
4.0
Its meta, satirical, tongue in cheek, and embraces the absurdity and absolute nonsensical comedy from Pee Wee Herman.Sometimes it misses and often tim ..
Cinema Crazed
5.0
And it pretty much is.I could give that title to something more serious and respected, but the reality is Ive seen Pee wees Big Adventure literally hu ..
Movies
2.0
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Boston Herald
4.0
But if you go into Pee wees Big Holiday expecting nothing more than a bright, colorful, illogical ride full of huge laughs and also featuring Magic Mi ..
Birth Movies Death
3.5
But Reubens gift for guileless humor makes it giggle fit hilarious.
Pajiba
3.0
Gone is director Tim Burton, whose whacked out perspective brought a surreal sensibility to 1985s Pee wees Big Adventure..Also missing is Danny Elfman ..
Detroit News
3.5
This movie may not reach the heights of the original, but it definitely isnt a fail.
Forbes
2.0
While the overarching story behind Big Holiday isnt groundbreaking, and the rolodex of themes feel shuffled out of order, the situational humor and th ..
Consequence Of Sound
3.1
What plot.The strange appeal of a Pee wee Herman movie is that theres not much story at all, beyond a one sentence situation.
Nj
4.0
Best of all, Pee wees Big Holiday rarely slows down and never spends too much time in one place.
Ner Dist
4.4
As with his first big screen adventure, Pee Wees Big Holiday sends the small town oddball on a road trip, this time to New York City for Joe Manganiel ..
Larsen On Film
2.5
Reubens is 62, but through a combination of makeup, lighting and digital retouching, Pee wee looks pretty much the same as he did some 35 years ago.Th ..
Chicago Sun Times
3.5
And yes, you can say that about Pee wees Big Adventure but in that film, the gags pretty much all land.
Flavor Wire
3.8
We havent seen Pee wee Herman in a feature since 1988s Pee wee Big Top, and the wiry man child still looks and acts fairly spry, considering 63 year o ..
Daily Herald
2.5
Youll need a break after this vacation Pee wees Big Holiday doesnt feel very big at all.
Polygon
3.5
No biggie; the movie will have moved on to another joke soon enough.
The Verge
3.8
That said, it does the best possible job rekindling the spirit that made Pee wees Big Adventure a timeless delight.
Scene Stealers
3.5
Oh, and its funny and the homoerotic undercurrent is quite sweet.
People
3.5
Combined with Burtons doolally visual sensibility, which was still only then in its infancy, it resulted in a movie of unusual originality and imagina ..
New States Man
3.0
In Pee wee Land, a tabloid would never shame a man for touching himself in an adult theater.
M Tv
4.0
Paul Reubens has always designed his work to operate on multiple levels you can watch his stuff as pure childrens entertainment, or enjoy it as camp a ..
Yahoo
3.5
Reubens made it.Pee wees Big Holiday is good on its own merits, but theres exhilaration to the triumph.
Thril List
3.8
There were times I laughed long and hard at Pee wees corny puns and throwback sensibilities, a satirical reflection of times when innuendo wasnt alway ..
MLive.com
2.5
They tried taking it to studios for years so maybe this is the place left for Pee wee.If Netflix will let Reubens make his dark Pee wee movie, maybe i ..
Nerd Report
3.0
They chat about candy and scale models (look for Pee wees brilliant Magic Mike one liner) when Manganiello invites Pee wee to his birthday party in th ..
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