The Misfits: reviews

What the critics say average 3.2 from 15 outlets

• 5.0 Slant MagazineMark Hanson The film is almost refreshing in its flightiness, even as it remains defiantly ignorant of the world in which it exists. Read
• 5.0 The A.V. ClubJesse Hassenger The Misfits has moments of silliness that bear glancing resemblance to the kind of enjoyable starry, big-studio shlock Renny Harlin used to make, in between the parts that resemble the lower-rent genre efforts he churns out now. Read
• 5.0 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper It's an intermittently entertaining endeavor thanks mostly to the effortlessly suave lead performance by Pierce Brosnan as a career thief who looks like he wakes up wearing a jacket with a pocket square and with his hair perfectly coiffed, but the action sequences are ho-hum, the editing is stunningly clumsy, and the main heist is so cartoonishly ridiculous we don't even believe the actors believe it's possible. Read
• 5.0 LAistTim Cogshell It's not in his top tier of material, but it's definitely a Renny Harlin film.
• 4.2 Original-CinLiam Lacey In sum, we have a silly Hollywood-style action movie with a Robin Hood theme, serving the ideology of an elitist authoritarian regime. In other words, a real misfit. Read
• 3.0 New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis For the first 20 minutes or so — a blitz of eye candy and ear worms — its breezy action and the performers' good cheer are enough to entertain. Too soon, though, the movie drifts into narrative doldrums that derail its momentum and drain the cast's energy. Read
• 3.0 Screen DailyNikki Baughan While the titular criminal gang at the centre of this action thriller may be presented as supposedly quirky and unconventional, the film in which they operate is as blunt-edged and cliched as they come. Read
• 3.0 Next Best PictureJosh Parham The slick style tries to give the tone a spirited quality, but it is incredibly forced and feels like a pale imitation of better-executed films. Read
• 2.5 Roger EbertBrian Tallerico The characters are bland, the dialogue is atrocious, the action is mediocre, and even the heist is a boring bust. Read
• 2.0 VarietyPeter Debruge The movie feels like both an advertisement for this posh, ultra-modern oasis and a late-20th-century smear of the people and culture one might expect to find there. Read
• 2.0 Paste MagazineBrianna Zigler The Misfits, starring Pierce Brosnan and Nick Cannon, is airless, pointless and only passably made; an amalgamation of the most tired clichés of heist movies, executed in the emptiest way possible.
• 2.0 The GuardianLeslie Felperin Waiting for it to finish is like sitting bored on a hard plastic chair and then realising your phone has run out of battery but the charger is packed in a suitcase you already checked in. Read
• 2.0 Radio TimesSean McGeady Director Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger) has nothing on his mind besides glorifying the UAE capital, inviting Pierce Brosnan to chew the scenery (all empty calories I'm afraid, Pierce) and letting Nick Cannon ride on lowbrow humour and outdated caricatures. Read
• 2.0 The Canberra TimesCris Kennedy Gastroenteritis is, in fact, one of the funnier plot devices in this film. Read
• 1.6 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich It's rarely a good sign when a movie leaves you thinking: The Renny Harlin who made 'The Adventures of Ford Fairlane' would never have stood for this lazy, mean-spirited crap. Read