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2015
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Positive Reviews
16
Negative reviews
74
Average Rating
1.9
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3.0
This would matter less if the filmmakers delivered a few memorable comic set pieces.
Av Club
2.0
But instead of an all out raunch fest, we get a tonal mess that jumbles elements of PG rated fare with Eurotrip esque shenanigans.
EW
1.9
Heart strings refuse to be tugged sans stakes.The characters are not people, but rough drafts of simplistic character traits, and the actors (game as ..
Rogerebert
2.0
Vaughn is wasted here.His subversive genius is muted in the strangely old fashioned and paternalistic story.
Common Sense Media
2.0
If Unfinished Business feels like the worst, its because unlike its predecessors, its been forced to operate like an overly broad sex farce, a genre f ..
Variety
1.5
Unfinished Business wants to cut loose and get crazy, but its too tired to achieve any original or consistent anarchy.
We Got This Covered
2.0
Horrible Bosses has apparently spawned a new subgenre: exec relief comedy, offering conformist capers for frustrated suits to nod off to on long haul ..
The Guardian
1.0
Reuniting with Quebecois director Ken Scott (who teased a maginally less throttleable than usual performance from him in Delivery Man) Vaughn plays fa ..
The Guardian
1.9
Most definitely not this time.And one of the reasons for that may be that Unfinished Business stretches the basic premise unifying the Vaughn canon to ..
3.1
While by no means a masterpiece, the comedy, by Canadian director Ken Scott, is a careful calibration of crass gags and genuine sentiment that succeed ..
2.5
But Wilkinsons character is too sad sack to be really funny and Francos verges on the mawkish.
Screen Daily
2.5
Theres plenty to like in Unfinished Business, even though viewers expecting the debauchery of a Wedding Crashers will likely leave disappointed.
Vulture
2.0
Indeed, Unfinished Business will seem woefully familiar to most anyone whos been to a movie theater or taken a long plane ride over the past 10 years. ..
The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
The crude humor and cloying sentiment mix about as well as motor oil and vinegar, and the jarring tonal shifts would be forgivable if Vaughn and frien ..
2.5
A EuroTrip with balance sheets, the slick, innocuous comedy Unfinished Business fails to seal the deal.Dan Trunkman (Vince Vaughn) is a St. Louis exec ..
The New York Times
2.3
The film seems to have its lampooning sights set on art, politics, economics, familial relationships, business culturepractically every facet of moder ..
Paste Magazine
2.5
Scott (whos Canadian) actually handles the culture clash way better than most bruuh comedies; this trip isnt for Americaand it thankfully, also never ..
IGN
1.0
Unfinished Business certainly lives up to the promise of its title: the film looks as though it needs another six months work.Vince Vaughn stars and f ..
Telegraph
1.0
The piece of business thats most unfinished in the desperate comedy Unfinished Business is the wan hodgepodge of a script by Steve Conrad, a talented ..
2.5
Maybe this is the comedy that business deserves.Maybe its good to feel lousy, even if that wasnt the movies intention.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
You cant combine emotional pathos with shock humor because the latter, by its very nature, is a spectacle.
The Young Folks
2.0
Every so often, a more interesting movie, focusing on the likeable Vaughns attempt to do the right thing by his business and family, threatens to brea ..
1.5
Repeatedly.Throw in a medium concept plot and a proven, leading man who is slightly goofy but still able to be relatable, and youve got yourself a com ..
Cinema Blend
1.0
Its as if he knows hes capable of more but cant rouse himself to participate in such a lame movie.
Ny Daily News
1.5
Yet, this is probably the safest, most milquetoast R rated comedy Ive ever seen.
JoBlo
1.5
Beyond that, the lineup of comedic gags and sequences feels like mishmash of ideas that never seem to balance out tonally with other jokes, not the en ..
Screen Rant
3.1
Not without charm, Unfinished Business mixes the cute with the raunchy.
The Globe And Mail
1.9
You can see the fear in Vaughns eyes as another gag limps to its payoff, another scene fails to deliver anything but stony silence where the laugh is ..
Rogers Movie Nation
1.3
Dave Franco is annoying and seems stoned for the duration but Im willing to blame that on the screenwriter and director.It is often rightly argued tha ..
ReelViews
2.0
It doesnt have to be a permanent one, but it has to be long enough so the actor can shed his bad habits when it comes to creating screen hilarity.
Blu Ray
1.0
Director Ken Scott cant choose which movie he really wants to make: a gross out business trip romp or a triumphant blue collar drama.
Tv Guide
2.0
In this farcical road comedy, a struggling small business owner (Vince Vaughn) goes to Germany to close a deal with a potential client, bringing along ..
Chicago Reader
1.9
Whatever the case may be, its obvious that no ones heart is in the game.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Director Ken Scott (Delivery Man) and screenwriter Steve Conrad (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) have a relatable flick in those spots.
Usa Today
1.0
Five minutes would have been enough with this dull, dated tosh, so flaccid were the jokes.
The Times
2.0
Vaughn and Wilkinson invest the goings on with what conviction they can muster, while Franco manages to shine sweetly as their mentally challenged ass ..
News Review
2.0
The odd juvenile chuckle that results from this may sustain you, but in terms of originality and heart this business trip fails to seal the deal.
Radio Times
1.5
Any vocation in the world can be applied to characters in a romantic comedy.
Screen It
2.0
Unfortunately, this is a very goofy comedy with a script that opts for jokes about glory holes and penis sizes over meaningful characterisation.
Independent
2.0
Its certainly the best thing Vaughn has done in the decade since Wedding Crashers, which makes it less of a raw deal than usual.
The Wrap
1.3
With luck, we will look back at Unfinished Business as the film that finally killed the studios appetite for raunchy rip offs of 2009s The Hangover.
News Day
1.3
That Unfinished Business thinks its a really fun idea to have a leading character named Mike Pancake tells you all you need to know.
New York Post
3.5
Director Ken Scott and screenwriter Steve Conrads unkempt but basically lively and often hilarious business comedy has the rude verve of Horrible Boss ..
Film Journal International ..
2.0
Is it a sex comedy or a heartfelt family story.Either story might have worked, but as it stands, the film is a jumbled mess.
Az Central
2.0
Ken Scotts Unfinished Business is an odd, clunky male bonding comedy about ambition, competition and letting go.
Smh
1.5
A fumbling mix of sentimental family fable and gross out sex comedy.
Npr
0.5
One wonders whether the title of the movie doesnt refer to the movie itself.
3.1
But theres such a powerful streak of melancholic tension throughout, the film often seems more like dramedy.
Toronto Star
1.0
It starts with vague promise but rapidly degenerates into a puerile mess, flailing for laughs like a ten year old class clown desperate for popularity ..
Daily Mail
3.0
Its often pretty brainless but shows evidence of a heart, at least.
Flim List
1.5
His only cohorts are aging Timothy McWinters (Tom Wilkinson), who has just been fired, and a goofy, inexperienced dullard, Mike Pancake (Dave Franco).
Susang Ranger
2.0
If nothing else, it is proof that Dave Franco deserves to be a star and may have more talent than his brother.
Flickering Myth
3.0
The observations and family dynamic seems too bland even if its heartfelt.
The Film Stage
1.9
Now where have we seen this before Was it Jerry Maguire Or an episode of The Office Both. Except it was funnier then.
Boston Globe
3.0
Its mildly funny, good for the occasional chuckle.Its just kind of soulless.
Uproxx
0.5
One wonders whether the title of the movie doesnt refer to the movie itself.
Flickfilosopher
2.0
The spark is gone, and nowhere is that more apparent than in Unfinished Business, a so called comedy that has been marketed as a bawdy, dudes on a bus ..
Blogs Indie Wire
1.0
Too crude to be taken seriously and too family focused to be a guilty pleasure, Unfinished Business is one company retreat youll want to skip.
Lyles Movie Files
2.0
As hard as it is to believe, this is worse than some of Vaughns other recent comedies, making you wonder whether the problem is Vaughn or just his bad ..
1.5
As you may have gathered by now, Vaughn and his castmates would have to be brandishing defibrillators hooked up to a nuclear reactor to force a pulse ..
Herald Sun
3.0
More the jolty juxtaposition of graphic humor, and working man treacle.Work lives and party lives should never mix.
Consequence Of Sound
1.0
Scotts inclination for mawkish poignancy falls flat too, as attempting to be profound is not something the filmmaker has earned at all.
Hey U Guys
1.5
Overall, the screenplay by Steve Conrad feels confused and sits uncomfortably between genres, causing the film to fall completely flat on its face.
Film Ink
1.5
But instead of sticking with the story that works a raunchy comedy riddled with uncomfortable nakedness, sex jokes, and worldly experimentations (Just ..
2.0
It just passes you by, barely raising a snigger and making you pine for Vaughn comedies from a decade ago.
Digital Spy
2.0
Formula lies at the heart of much of the worlds greatest storytelling.
Flicks
1.0
But this is such a disaster that its likely to vanish without a trace.
Contact Music
1.0
A comedy is supposed to have jokes.This one just has ideas for them.
Film Racket
1.0
Like everything else in this incongruous downer of a would be comedy, its not worth the wait.
The Dissolve
2.0
Despite the films the graphic male nudity played for laughs that it doesnt get and shopworn road trip cliches, the screenplay is not without a few goo ..
Cinemix Tape
1.9
This is one mess of a movie with just enough lowbrow laughs to stave off the narrative malaise threatening to freeze the story the same way Dan preten ..
Daily Herald
1.9
Comedies this toothless and safe are a dime a dozen; its tempting to be outraged over the films worst offense, but its myriad trivial offenses are so ..
Movie Mezzanine
2.0
After my recent run of bad movies, it felt nice to just be bored by something, and not actively raging at it.
Lainey Gossip
3.1
A hard R comedy that at least makes an attempt to present us with real people rather than just receptacles for dick and puke jokes.
Clclt
2.0
A dull script by Steve Conrad (THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS) is void of any laughs and is full of narrative deadweight (shame on you Steve Conrad; youre w ..
Fresh Fiction
1.5
Unfinished Business has a big heart, a tiny brain and a lot of bad attitude. That turns it into a murky mess as a movie.
Jam! Movies
2.0
If I could have endured this film over a conference call it would have been preferable.
1.9
Not that you would expect much else from a movie that openly admits its premise is boring.
National Post
2.0
A raucous rib tickler, courtesy of Delivery Man director Ken Scott.
Sky
2.0
Vince Vaughns usual motormouth appeal gets stuck in first gear in a muddled, patchy business comedy.
Tiny Url
2.0
A weird and sadly sour mash up of wild, raunchy comedy, underdog triumph, and treacly family story
Movie Mom
1.0
Its an R rated comedy due to the Germany factor. Germany has endless co ed nudist possibilities. These are the R rated parts. So where are the comedy ..
Theepoch Times
4.0
Mitchell merges the grim adolescent rites of horror movies with the grisly risks of having a libido at any age.(The men and women chasing her range in ..
Grant Land
2.0
To be fair, it doesnt help that Vaughn doesnt have the best material to work with.
Blog Bullz Eye
3.1
Unfinished Business is strained, unnecessarily crude and downright bizarre in spots. Yet youll laugh just enough at Team Vince Vaughn to forgive and ( ..
Hollywood Into To
1.5
The movie had a chance to be better, but when the subject turns to something as timely as school bullying, it barely scratches the surface.
Kaplan Vs Kaplan
2.3
The Schmoes hope Unfinished Business is a return to top comedic form by Vince Vaughn and companysee the boys take and comment with your thoughts!.KRIS ..
Schmoes Know
1.9
A film of split personalities, it strives to be a low key observational comedy, a raunchy, sex and drug filled farce, and a message drama about the ev ..
The Film File
3.0
Unfinished Business is all over the place, never finishing any one storyline as it careens aimlessly toward a predictable ending.The scatter shot appr ..
Showbiz Junkies
0.5
Even at a mercifully short 90 minutes, this corporate frat comedy (if there is such a thing) is a punishing exercise in vicarious embarrassment.
0.6
With uninteresting characters, poor writing, lack of energy and grasping at any straw to try to entice audiences, this is a film to completely cross o ..
Daily Journal
3.0
An overdose of lines about bodily functions may make this a turn off for many but, if youve an appetite for sleazy gags, this is the film for you.
Daily Record
3.0
This film is supposed to be one giant lesson that Dan teaches his kids as well as himself, but all I learned was to avoid future Ken Scott movies
The Monitor
2.0
The three leads balance each other especially well: Vaughns ironic vulnerability and Wilkinsons pained earnestness set off Francos shy optimism.
Charlotte Observer
1.5
Beyond the fact that its laugh less, unoriginal, and bland, theres a deeper problem with Unfinished Business. Had it been played as a straight drama, ..
3.0
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0.6
I guess they call it Unfinished Business because they meant to put in all of the jokes later, but forgot
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