Hubie Halloween: reviews

What the critics say average 5.4 from 26 outlets

• 8.0 EspinofKiko Vega 'Hubie Halloween' is a delightful, kind and hilarious family comedy that doesn't seem designed for children. Read
• 7.5 New York PostJohnny Oleksinski Sandler, like him or not, is a master at bringing ‘90s heart and sentiment to his dumb schtick, and he’s disarmingly quiet and warm here. And his best jokes have nothing to do with Halloween. Read
• 7.5 Associated PressJake Coyle The jokes aren’t often Sandler’s best material but Hubie Halloween is as sweet and easily digestible as a Milky Way. Read
• 6.9 PolygonKaren Han The humor being volleyed around in Hubie Halloween isn’t malicious; Sandler, as Hubie, is almost always the butt of the joke, and the gags are mostly gross-outs rather than jabs at any specific people. Hubie Halloween may not be Uncut Gems, but it excels at being what it is: a comedy that’s easy to watch, and easy to forget about. Read
• 6.7 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich Hubie Halloween gets by on the strength of its cameos and sight gags. Read
• 6.3 USA TodayBrian Truitt A feel-good, all-star monster mash with a low-key smackdown on bullying and a major focus on being as goofy as possible. Read
• 6.0 The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore Silly, overstuffed and as sweet as anything Adam Sandler has done. Read
• 6.0 VultureBilge Ebiri Somehow, delivered via the bizarre antics of Adam Sandler, who was once one of our most wonderfully corrosive comic personas, it has a certain power. Read
• 6.0 La EstatuillaRicardo Gallegos I can't get angry at something that has its heart in the right place. Read
• 5.8 The A.V. ClubJesse Hassenger There is something half-satisfying and pacifying about Hubie Halloween. In true content-blurring Netflix fashion, Sandler has essentially made a likable children’s movie to babysit undemanding adults. Read
• 5.8 ConsequenceJosh Spiegel Compared to a lot of other Adam Sandler movies, Hubie Halloween is watchable without being actually very good. Read
• 5.8 The PlaylistNicholas Laskin Along the way, audiences are treated to the standard Sandler shenanigans, but more inspired and less lazy than usual. Read
• 5.0 VarietyGuy Lodge Director Steve Brill (another regular Sandler ally) keeps a lot of colorful balls in the air, even if the pacing is lumpier than you’d like in an enterprise this sketchy: Set pieces and one-off visual gags are simply stuffed in wherever they fit, like the cinematic equivalent of Hubie’s over-decorated Halloween front yard. Read
• 5.0 Roger EbertBrian Tallerico Hubie Halloween is just generally entertaining enough to be harmless, while also being the kind of movie that people will have trouble remembering exists by the time he makes “Tommy Thanksgiving”. Read
• 5.0 We Got This CoveredScott Campbell There’s also an earnestness and unashamedly goofy quality to the whole thing that might even win over some of the actor’s longtime naysayers. Read
• 5.0 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper The argument about whether Sandler is terrible or talented has long been settled. The answer is both. Read
• 5.0 IGNMatt Fowler Hubie Halloween is aggressively stupid, sure, but it's also occasionally endearing (with a guilty chuckle or two). Read
• 5.0 Otros CinesDiego Batlle This is a typical Sandler product, as standard as it is effective at times. Depending on which side of the divide you're on, take it or leave it. Read
• 5.0 MicropsiaDiego Lerer But within what you'd expect from a comedy made with no more preparation than a group of friends getting together to shoot, eat and have a good time for a few weeks (before the pandemic, I'd like to think), the average is acceptable. Read
• 4.2 HobbyConsolasRafa Domínguez Hubie Halloween is a simple-minded comedy that might have fared better thirty years ago, when its formulas weren't so worn out. Read
• 4.0 EmpireNick de Semlyen The concept of combining Adam Sandler and horror is not a bad one. But this is no Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein. Instead, Hubie Halloween inspires mild dread for all the wrong reasons. Read
• 4.0 New York TimesBen Kenigsberg Occasionally, the nostalgic back-patting makes way for a few good jokes. Read
• 4.0 El PeriódicoJuan Manuel Freire With no big gags and rudimentary romantic subplots, 'Hubie Halloween' works best, oddly enough, when it's at its scariest. Read
• 3.8 Movie NationRoger Moore A few pranks, some slapstick, some pratfalls, with a modern “Stooge” as the hero. Not many laughs, but hey — he’s keeping the “moron comedy” genre alive. Read
• 3.8 LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen Not the worst of Adam Sandler’s Netflix vehicles, but not any good either. Read
• 2.0 CinemagaviaJavi Sardi Hubie Halloween is another of those simple, unfunny comedies that is aware of its own mediocrity. Read