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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzA harmless little mess of a movie whose cast you've mostly heard of, including Tim Allen, who also directed.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonLooking and sounding like a second-tier '80s made-for-cabler, Crazy on the Outside is the sort of bland trifle one might watch to kill time during an extended flight.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckWith neither the dramatic nor comedic aspects of the story line being remotely convincing, the best efforts of the talented cast go for naught.
- 30L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyTim Allen returns to lowest-common-denominator comedy as the star of his own ill-advised, irritating directorial debut.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJohn Peaslee's Screenwriting 101-style script has merely left everyone floating on their own.
- 16Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEach actor appears to have received the script to a different movie, while Allen adds his own directorial touch of sexual vulgarity.
- 0Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversAllen screws up his directing debut with a script that smothers his wit in a blanket of bland.