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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubWriter-directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore find a nice balance between the over-the-top high jinks and an emotional core, which unexpectedly crystallizes relatively late in the movie.
- 75Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve Persall21 and Over remains enjoyable for what it is and all it cares to be, which is nothing any respectable movie critic should recommend, and I'm down with that.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe bottom-line on this bottom-baring/bottom-branding farce is “Is it funny, on top of all the shocks?” And yes, it is. On a number of few occasions, all of them involving Jeff Chang.
- 60VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugePromising crude straight-boy humor, but delivering sensitive buddy moments and tons of male nudity, this by-the-numbers gut-buster looks slick, moves fast and packs enough laughs to enliven spring-break receipts and earn its helmers more work.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThis paean to youthful irresponsibility applies the right crude and rude 'tude to its bulging sack of gags to have the desired effect on its target audience.
- 42The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan Rabin21 & Over seems particularly redundant, since a film already exists that’s exactly like "The Hangover," only not as good: It was called "The Hangover Part II." 21 & Over is so slavish in imitating its screenwriters’ big claim to fame that it even ends by teasing a sequel, to which the only sane response is a polite but firm, “Thank you, no.”
- 38USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigDespite its collegiate setting, 21 and Over is pretty much for people with an IQ of 21 and under.
- 25Film.comWilliam GossFilm.comWilliam GossYes, surely for them, the lucky few and probable many, 21 and Over will be the Best Movie Ever. For the rest of us, though, it’s something of a chore.
- 12Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerBy the dictates of the boys-will-be-boys party genre, 21 and Over is so tame that it barely manages to even be offensive.
- 0Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenLos Angeles TimesMark OlsenThis is a movie that celebrates selfishness, stupidity and the mean-spirited insensitivity that goes along with it. We're better than this, America.