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PROJECT X (2012)Movie Reviews
Comedy about three high-school seniors who throw a birthday party that spirals out of control as word of the bash spreads. Cast:Thomas Mann, Jonathan Brown, Oliver Cooper, Dax FlameDirector:Nima Nourizadeh, Jonathan KaplanRelease Date:March 2, 2012DVD Release:June 26, 2012From:Warner Bros.Rating:RLength:1 hr 27 min
Project X (2012) played to fair reviews. Reviews were mixed. • Keith Phipps wrote for the AV Club, "...traffics in the usual party-gone-out-of-bounds clichés..." • Rene Rodriguez called the film in the Miami Herald, "...astounding, superlative..." • And Michael O'Sullivan wrote in the Washington Post, "It's the longest Facebook video posting you've ever sat through." More Reviews Below...
Project X (2012) Positive Reviews (38 Reviews, reviews below)
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: MODERATE(cg) "...what it might look like if the teen romp 'Superbad' had been shot with the first-person, hand-held aesthetic of 'Cloverfield'..."(See all of Christy Lemire's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 530 words, 03/01/12
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD(cg) "The film's guiding spirit is Todd Phillips, who maintains his singular genius for updating the clichés of the 'Animal House'/'Risky Business' era... just dangerous enough..."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 746 words, 03/02/12
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...gut-bustingly funny... It's raunchy, reckless and ready to party.... reaches down to the age-irrelevant drive in all of us to just get shitfaced and run amok..."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 340 words, 03/02/12
Claudia Puig, USA Today: POOR(cg) "...billed as a comedy, but there's not a laugh to be had during the frenetic mayhem. There is also no plot beyond debauchery, nor characters beyond cardboard cutouts."(See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 293 words, 03/02/12
Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: POOR(cg) " 'The Hangover' for kids.... this picture is nothing if not nastily derivative... Even the movie's found-footage structure is largely a ruse..."(See all of Glenn Kenny's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 706 words, 03/01/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (11 Reviews)
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...so courageous it deserves consideration for the Nobel Prize.... The 'Animal House' of the iPhone generation? Could be. Pretty enjoyable for parents too."(See all of Neil Genzlinger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 301 words, 03/02/12
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: POOR(cg) "Like any out-of-control party, this one starts with potential and delivers a few highs along the way. But the longer it goes on, the more annoying everyone becomes."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 339 words, 03/02/12
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine: MODERATE "Anything self-reflective is pretty much immediately quashed by the pure sexual nihilism and Dionysian wish-fulfillment of the Todd Phillips Template..."(See all of Bilge Ebiri's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 529 words, 03/05/12
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...the filmmakers have taken the John Hughes blueprint, soaked it with 'Battle: Los Angeles' kerosene and lit a match.... It's stupid and horrible, and then... almost great."(See all of Richard Roeper's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 666 words, 03/02/12
Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE(cg) "...the movie equivalent of a photograph with accompanying text message... It's the 'Whatever ' of flicks, the 'It is what it is' of pop entertainment."(See all of Rick Groen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 711 words, 03/02/12
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...if you ever wondered what 'Risky Business' would have felt like without the glossy cinematography and Tangerine Dream score, you'll be very pleasantly surprised."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 111 words, 03/01/12
Barbara Vancheri, Philadelphia Inquirer: MODERATE(cg) "It's amusing to see just how far the party will go but it's clearly aimed at immature teenage boys who lust for girls normally out of their league."(See all of Barbara Vancheri's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 465 words, 03/02/12
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: WEAK(cg) "There are naked girls in the pool, drugs galore, alcohol everywhere and even a dwarf in the oven. Yes, you read that correctly.... an unending stream of grossness."(See all of Randy Cordova's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 392 words, 03/02/12
Roger Moore, Seattle Times: MODERATE(cg) "...produces its share of explosive laughs... but it's a wearying 'romp,' from its tired 'lose our virginity' formula to the conceit of making this a 'birthday' mockumentary."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 369 words, 03/02/12
Tom Long, Detroit News: MODERATE(cg) "Depends which end of the spectrum you're on. As party porn goes, 'Project X' has its moments. In terms of drama, character or intelligence, it's pure bong water."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 299 words, 03/02/12
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...astounding, superlative... a brutal, unapologetic comedy about the fantasy every high school kid carries around in his head about being popular and cool and beloved..."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 897 words, 03/02/12
Katey Rich, Cinema Blend: MODERATE(cg) "With no narrative drive, characters to care about or stakes of any kind, it's so busy celebrating its own debauchery it never manages to make any of it look very fun..."(See all of Katey Rich's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 597 words, 03/02/12
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: WEAK(cg) "Most of what happens here has been done before and better.... The music rocks, however, so you might get the soundtrack and play it at your own party."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 158 words, 03/01/12
Michelle Orange, Movieline: POOR(cg) "...a party disaster movie targeted at kids who find the 'Hangover' franchise too sophisticated.... amazingly fatuous, tediously low-toned, aggressively sensational..."(See all of Michelle Orange's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 715 words, 03/01/12
Andrew Schenker, Slant: POOR(cg) "...awesomeness seems to be the chief quality prized by both the film and its characters... Being accepted by mindless peers is the only goal recognized..."(See all of Andrew Schenker's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 553 words, 03/01/12
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...if you ever wondered what 'Risky Business' would have felt like without the glossy cinematography and Tangerine Dream score, you'll be very pleasantly surprised."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 111 words, 03/01/12
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: POOR(cg) "For the majority of the world that is not a horny, irresponsible, adolescent boy lacking fully developed executive functions of the frontal lobe, you may well be appalled..."(See all of MaryAnn Johanson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 979 words, 03/01/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...so courageous it deserves consideration for the Nobel Prize.... The 'Animal House' of the iPhone generation? Could be. Pretty enjoyable for parents too."(See all of Neil Genzlinger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 301 words, 03/02/12
Andrew Lapin, NPR: POOR "...strives to appall, and it would be similarly self-deluded to pretend this jumble of ecstasy and crotch shots is anything other than repulsive."(See all of Andrew Lapin's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 616 words, 03/01/12
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: OUTSTANDING "...classic... will doubtless inspire imitators, onscreen and in backyards everywhere, en route to redefining what a new generation expects of its mice-will-play movies."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 783 words, 03/01/12
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: POOR "...grimly depressing, glumly unfunny... a sort of crude art object upon which viewers can project whatever feelings they have about the degenerative hijinks on display..."(See all of Todd McCarthy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 862 words, 03/01/12
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...so courageous it deserves consideration for the Nobel Prize.... The 'Animal House' of the iPhone generation? Could be. Pretty enjoyable for parents too."(See all of Neil Genzlinger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 301 words, 03/02/12
30.5 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Project X (2012)'s reviews are separated by an average 30.5 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Project X (2012)'s reviews cover 52.5% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 19,900 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 524 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 0.9 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Project X (2012)'s reviews on average broke 0.9 hours before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Project X (2012)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Project X (2012) (38 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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