“…a meta-commentary on Chaplin’s own comic genius.”

“…presents suburban expansion as a cheerier version of manifest destiny.”

“…wields its mockery with the subtlety of a power tool.”

“…Michael Moore fan fiction.”

“Kudos, I guess, to Steve Buscemi for continuing to show up and really commit to these Sandler Netflix sillies.”

“…has a cleverness that withers into something more wearying.”

“The real crime in Holmes & Watson is the waste of the supporting cast.”

“An amusing and heartfelt exercise in boots-on-the-ground feminism…”

“It takes guts to lob something like this into our vigilantly woke popular culture…”

“There are laughs aplenty in this lawless, arbitrary Old West, but a feel-good yarn it ain’t.”