“I wish I could say that McKay stuck the landing on this artistic leap.”

“…the return of the artist who gave us School Daze, She’s Gotta Have It, Bamboozled and Do the Right Thing.”

“Skin tone is crucial to understanding School Daze’s brazenness as a major-studio film.”

“…keeps piling on the characters and complications until it’s worked itself up from screwball comedy to straight-out farce.”

“…Schumer enlivens the Apatow formula without sacrificing her particular brand of confessional comedy.”

“Dope may know what identities it wants to subvert, but it’s not quite sure what identity it wants to have.”

“Melissa McCarthy finally gets a decent star vehicle.”

“Architecture does much of the satirical work here.”

“…very little feels organic about the film, starting with Stiller and Watts as the central couple.”

“…doesn’t just remember or understand what it’s like to be a teenager. The Breakfast Club embodies the experience.”