Last Vegas 2013

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: None of it is offensive, some of it's funny, and you'll gently, quietly, discreetly start checking your watch over and over again. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Thanks in no small part to Kline and Steenburgen, "Last Vegas'' has its moments. When they're not on-screen, beware of half-baked ham and hypoglycemic shock. Read more

Scott Foundas, Variety: As creaky as an arthritic hip. Read more

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club: Reality-bending silliness-or even a good gross-out joke or two-would be preferable to the stale, corny jokes this movie tries to pass off as comedy. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: A misfire from start to finish, a waste of a prodigious amount of talent. Read more

Peter Keough, Boston Globe: A joyless buddy movie from genial hack Jon Turtletaub. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: A giant geriatric diaper. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: A genial "Hangover" for the AARP set, "Last Vegas" is roughly what you'd expect, or fear, but a little better. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: It's bad enough when Hollywood casts women over the age of 30 as grandmothers-in-waiting. Now we have to endure an onslaught of famous veteran actors complaining about their hips. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: I steeled myself for the moment when these four would fall into what-happens-in-Vegas ''high jinks,'' but fortunately, they don't. Read more

Kate Erbland, Film.com: As predictable and uncomfortable as it can be, it's an assured crowd-pleaser. Read more

Wesley Morris, Grantland: It's a celebration of something the movies never celebrate anymore: being old. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: A royal flush of actors delivers a winning hand for this likable seriocomedy. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Alternately trashy and teary, marginally funny, occasionally cringe-inducing. Read more

Bruce Diones, New Yorker: The film, directed by Jon Turteltaub, has an easy but mediocre charm. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: When it was first announced, wags made the inevitable "It's 'The Hangover' - with walkers!" jokes. If only. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: A mild geezer comedy full of jokes that might have sounded tired at a "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast," the movie has no reason for existence and nothing much to recommend it. Read more

Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer: Just call this movie The Hangover: AARP Strikes Back. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The actors perform with multiple safety nets and the closest the film ever comes to taking a risk is having Freeman dance to a cover of Earth Wind & Fire's "September." Read more

Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: "This is the like "The Hangover Part 43." Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: You'll groan as much as howl at the jokes, but the veteran stars have a ball acting their age. Even when all else fails them, they're good company. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The comedy remains a presence throughout, but "Last Vegas" has a serious purpose, and the resolution of the men's journey of realization is anything but corny. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Injecting a dose of dumbed-down nostalgia into a certain smash comedy about four dudes on the loose in Sin City, this arthritic exercise should be called "The Combover." Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A preholiday trifle that's mildly risque and a lot sentimental. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: De Niro and Douglas weirdly play versions of their real selves, while Freeman and Kline ham it up as if they're auditioning for a reality show called Gramps Gone Wild. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: A thoroughly contrived and artificial bonbon that gives four screen legends of a certain age the opportunity to chase skirts and punch out guys a third of their age. Read more

Scott Bowles, USA Today: Musters enough laughs to be passable, if not memorable. And that's thanks to Morgan Freeman's showmanship. Read more

Chris Packham, Village Voice: The characters are totally passive -- money, drinks, women, and unexpected acclaim shower down on these elder-bros like Werther's Originals from God's own cardigan pocket, completely unearned by the characters or the screenplay. Read more

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: It's the actors, plus an exuberant Mary Steenburgen as quick-witted lounge singer Diana, who make the movie more than a middling copycat. Read more