Film School Rejects
Entertaining action, a little heart, and more goofy laughs than all four previous McCarthy/Falcone comedies combined.
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Thunder Force
Oscar veterans Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer lead this comedy as two childhood friends living in a world where supervillains are commonplace. When one of them discovers a way to grant themselves powers, the duo become a crime-fighting force to be reckoned with. However, as they'll soon learn, hero-ing isn't as easy as it looks. Co-stars Bobby Cannavale as The King and Jason Bateman as a man-crab.
2021105 minsUSA
Comedy
- Director:
- Ben Falcone ('Superintelligence', 'Life of the Party', 'The Boss')
- Writer:
- Ben Falcone
- Cast:
- Melissa McCarthyOctavia SpencerPom KlementieffMelissa PonzioMelissa LeoBobby CannavaleJason Bateman
Thunder Force / Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Has a decent share of laughs and a shrewd science fiction premise behind it.
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Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer are no match for lazy, gross-out jokes and mediocre action sequences.
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The New York Times
(Has) an indolent script with only a handful of funny lines and a seeming confusion over its target audience.
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Los Angeles Times
Adults... will be bemused at just how little there is to like about a film starring two of their generation’s most likable actresses, while teens and younger will be bored beyond belief by the lame gags, herniated action and tacky special effects...
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IndieWire
Thunder Force isn't clever enough to break new ground in the superhero milieu, nor is it silly enough to mine its material for the kind of jokes that would make it distinctive.
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RogerEbert.com
With such powerhouses as McCarthy and Spencer at the helm, it's a surprise that so much of the film is inert, rote, conventional.
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Decider
(Octavia Spencer) looks bored throughout, which is precisely the half-considered, phoned-in performance this material deserves.
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Associated Press
It’s corny when it needs to be edgy and stupid when it needs to be clever.
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CNN
The one thing unlikely to be heard during this Netflix superhero spoof is a whole lot of laughter.
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Hollywood Reporter
Wobbles between half-baked comic-strip sendup and half-hearted valentine.
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Vulture
How can people who purport to love comedy so much turn out something so lackadaisical and joyless?
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