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2012
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3.5
But who needs some deep, convoluted plot when theres a party this huge filling the screen.In the vein of films like Superbad and The Hangover, Project ..
We Got This Covered
3.0
Its a defiantly anarchic, unexpectedly poignant updating of the late, great John Hughes emo fueled teen anthems, retooled for the age of anxiety and a ..
Austin Chronicle
1.5
Project X is not a great movie because its screenplay doesnt really try for greatness.
Rogerebert
3.0
An enjoyable, if very sloppy, jaunt into total anarchy, Project X isnt a film about morals, but what happens when all rules are thrown out the window.
IGN
2.0
But not just any party; an epic party, full of booze and drugs and wanton women.
E Film Critic
1.5
With no narrative drive, characters to care about or stakes of any kind, Project X is so busy celebrating its own debauchery it never manages to make ..
Cinema Blend
1.0
Like any out of control party, this one starts with potential and delivers a few highs along the way.
Ny Daily News
3.0
Considering that good comedies seem to be few and far between this winter, you could do worse.
JoBlo
1.0
However, the films greatest offense (far worse than its immature take on teen culture) is the surprising lack of entertainment value it presents.
Screen Rant
2.5
Its a perfectly lame movie that speaks intriguingly to the way we live now.
The Globe And Mail
3.1
The movie was about the punishing consequences of indulgence, and resonated with audiences suffering a hangover from one of the biggest binges in U.S. ..
Philly
1.5
Theres a midget in the oven! is about as inspired as the dialogue and set pieces get in this queasy making entertainment about a 17 year old dudes bir ..
Village Voice
2.5
Project X is more politically incorrect than hateful, even if it is just shy of Girls Gone Wild in its sexism.Clueless boys in its target audience may ..
Rogers Movie Nation
1.8
10 1 3 / 10 Producer Todd Phillips has orchestrated monster frat parties (Old School) and made quite a mess of Las Vegas as well (The Hangover). Proje ..
Blu Ray
1.3
The movie lacks that feeling of reckless joy, instead giving itself over to an attitude of anarchistic abandon.Its a joyless ride into chaos.
Mark Reviews Movies
1.3
The party draws a couple of thousand boors and bimbos, and nearly every imaginable horror occurs, including a Mercedes sunk into a swimming pool and a ..
Usa Today
1.2
Being funny excuses everything.But apart from a few bits of slapstick and a couple lines of dialogue, Project X isnt funny.
Eric Ds Nider
1.0
But underneath all the jacked up mayhem, its a lame, laughless, pathetic little comedy.
News Review
3.0
As much as Project X tries to be an example of extreme cinema, its a pretty uninspired movie with personalities that you never really root for. (Conte ..
Screen It
2.5
But even its target teen audience should think twice about the movies subtext.
The Wrap
2.0
On top of that, the documentary conceit doesnt work at all, not least because the set up (how the film is assembled) isnt fully thought through.Despit ..
View London
1.5
Maybe this is what really does pass for an enjoyable movie experience these days.
Film Journal
2.0
Another reason the movie doesnt work: Director Nima Nourizadeh never creates a feeling of warmth among the characters.
Az Central
2.5
It wants to be the Die Hard of party movies, and it is.Like Phillipss other productions, this one downplays the legal and personal consequences of the ..
Boston
0.5
The movie is not really a comedy, though; it has its feet firmly planted in the lo fi luridness of Girls Gone Wild and Backyard Wrestling, where the c ..
Npr
0.6
This is a film desperately in need of a McLovin. Also, jokes would help. And comedic chemistry between the actors. And an ending that isnt a bolted on ..
Star Tribune
2.5
But none of the central characters is particularly good or appealing.
Emanuellevy
3.5
feeds I Love the 80s clichs through a kind of bobbing camera Mixmaster. Its Cant Hardly Wait for the age of Jersey Shore.
Ew
1.0
Witless, charmless, teen twaddle. Lets take all prints off the film, and bury them. Dont bother marking the spot with an X.
Empire
0.5
Perhaps every generation of parents needs a cautionary tale about leaving a teenager home alone for the weekend.
Susang Ranger
3.0
Project X takes the perspective that a great party is one in which we can turn off our brains and let our bodies go wild.
Common Sense Media
2.5
Project X review: Ferris Buellers day on ecstasy Video: Project X (Trailer) Project X Comedy.Starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel B ..
Sf Gate
0.6
The whole things a party and even when it blows up, the ringleaders escape with little more than a slap on the wrist and a knowing wink for their dest ..
Slant Magazine
1.0
Theres absolutely nothing about this film that could possibly have any sort of positive effect on the high school crowd it was made for a demo thats n ..
Bullz-Eye
1.2
This thoroughly offensive and irresponsible film spends most of its time ogling teenaged girls frolicking topless in the pool or looking up their skir ..
Reeling Reviews
1.5
Its an orgy of destruction that is meant to be cool.And its not a cautionary tale.
Flickfilosopher
2.0
This relentlessly revolting film turns out to be a rare found footage comedy.
The Irish Times
5.0
How you feel about Project X will have a lot to do with your age and gender.
Blogs Indie Wire
1.5
Theres no worthwhile character development or underlying warmth to counteract the relentless sleaze and vulgarity, which isnt clever or funny on its o ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.1
Ultimately, Project X is an example of why gimmicks rarely work, especially once the new shine has worn off.
ReelViews
3.5
Hangover director produces a wild party, this time for teens.A grimly depressing, glumly unfunny teensploitation comedy about an epic all night party ..
Hollywood Reporter
0.5
Click the book to read the first chapter and for ordering information.
Tony Medley
3.2
This feature is significant inasmuch as it establishes the films top drawer production values.
Coles Mithey
2.0
Since the keys to Hollywood were left to teenagers years ago, an empty destructo comedy like Project X about unsupervised suburban youths throwing the ..
Los Angeles Times
3.5
Project X is a John Hughes movie from the 80s, right down to its final shot, but its wrapped in a level of chaos and decadence that sums up the career ..
Hit Fix
2.0
Which side you lean toward probably depends on how old you are.And the movie ultimately cant seem to make up its mind whether it wants to caution agai ..
Movie Habit
3.5
What would a movie like Superbad be like without the star charisma of Hill and Michael Cera
Ner Dist
1.5
The funniest thing about PROJECT X may be the overreaction of critics to it.
Maki At The Movies
1.3
There is no way you could make this movie stupider or more pointlessly noisy than it already is.
New York Post
2.0
Project Xs central trio are paper thin and lacking the rounded personalities of the endearing characters at the heart of comedy genre stablemates such ..
Digital Spy
3.8
It will amuse, excite, sicken and exhaust you.Hey, no one who wanted to be legendary played it safe.
Red Eye Chicago
4.0
The Animal House of the iPhone generation Could be. Pretty enjoyable for parents too.
Ny Times
0.0
It is also searingly depressingthere isnt a true laugh in sightas well as worthless on every cinematic level one could name, imagine, or dream up.
Dustin Put Man
3.1
Project X is to teen party films what the boot and rally is to a night of actual partying.Binge.
The Filmy Ap
3.8
1 of 4 View Caption From left, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Thomas Mann and Oliver Cooper are shown in a scene from Project X.
Sltrib
1.3
If so, Project X deserves the Oscar for Best Puking on a Minivan.
Js Online
4.0
Their idea is innocent enough: lets throw a party that no one will forget.. but nothing could prepare them for this party.
Movie Web
3.0
Sure, that makes it rather light on plot, but it does serve a purpose by making you feel like youre part of the party.Is Project X a good movie
Shockya
3.0
Real teens will enjoy the wish fulfillment shenanigans, parade of barely legal toplessness, and wall to wall pop rap soundtrack.
Sky
3.0
Downright hilarious.The last 20mins or so are less fun than the rest of the film because the anxiety inducing recklessness gets too out of hand to rea ..
The Shiz Nit
2.0
Unfortunately even the involvement of the talented scribe(Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 21 Jump Street) cant save a fundamentally misguided film, one w ..
What Culture
3.1
Theres just a much harder edge to it.Blame that on the alcohol and social networking.
Mercury News
1.3
Fans of anarchic comedy, Im guessing, will be glad to hear theres little resembling plot or motivation here to interrupt the raunch.
Bitly
3.0
But it has its moments of inspiration, and its target audience is gonna eat it up with a spoon.
Dvd Talk
3.0
Bidding to be the Apocalypse Now of teen comedies, Project X is defiantly over the top and wilfully shocking, but its often hilarious too.
What So
1.0
Screenwriter Michael Bacall also penned the excellent Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and I have a hard time relating that thoughtful, sweet, hilarious s ..
Streaming Quickflix
0.0
Its a wretched excuse for a movie, playing out like a random assortment of Girls Gone Wild videos mixed with the worst kind of FlipCam student filmmak ..
Fat Guys At The Movies
2.0
Any potential the film had in its early stages for Superbad like charm is ignored altogether.
Fan The Fire Magazine
4.0
Sometimes the faux documentary style can slow a film down but the story and, more importantly, the humor flow smoothly.
Media Mikes
3.0
And the preposterous ending where everything casually collides could leave viewers rolling their eyes.
Johnhanlon Reviews
3.5
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Richard Roeper
1.5
Its just an adjustment of the volume in a movie that manages to look and feel as well as sound like endless noise.
Movie Line
3.0
But the trick to attending any party is knowing when to leave, and the film outstays its welcome.
Standard Net Au
2.5
The screenplay is good, raising the stakes steadily and delivering a worthy pay off.
Bad Ass Digest
2.0
With the avalanche of profanity and bodily function humor, the gross out gags could easily have worn out their welcome.
Kc Active
0.0
Project X is caveman filmmaking and can best be described as a masturbators delight.
The Popcorn Junkie
2.0
Phillips and company attempt to substitute scale for substance or invention.
7 Dvt
2.0
As a sort of Todd Philips ised version of Trash Humpers a grotesque, anti narrative compilation of violence, misogyny and destruction Project X kind o ..
Ultra Culture
2.5
Cant really think of more to do than have a big party, so there are lots of grinding dances, DJs, boozing, drugs, making out and topless women in the ..
Jackson Ville
2.0
Most of the gags are variations on the same old jokes weve seen before.
Tucson Weekly
3.5
When the grand finale does eventually strike, its certainly unexpected, but not overly satisfying.
Ed Gibbs
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