Project X 2012

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: "Project X" grows repetitive and starts running out of steam, and you begin to wonder what could possibly occur over the remaining 30 minutes or so. Read more

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: The "Animal House" of the iPhone generation? Could be. Pretty enjoyable for parents too. Read more

Keith Phipps, AV Club: There's a lot to dislike about Project X. Read more

Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: The whole thing is chaotic and crazy, but it's also fairly predictable. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This is a music video, a commercial, a deluxe MySpace page, with knockoffs of the boys from "Superbad.'' Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: As party porn goes, "Project X" has its moments. In terms of drama, character or intelligence, it's pure bong water. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: [It] feeds I Love the '80s cliches through a kind of bobbing-camera Mixmaster. It's Can't Hardly Wait for the age of Jersey Shore. Read more

William Goss, Film.com: Pasadena, in case you were wondering, is where the meaning of the word "epic" goes to die. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: Have teenagers always been this idiotic or does Project X move the goalposts? Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: "Project X" bears a cravenly piggish attitude toward rewarding socially unacceptable behavior that feels unseemly rather than exciting, so-what rather than so-funny and obvious instead of new. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Beneath its raunchy veneer, the movie is so noble and good-hearted that even the dog gets laid before the night is out. Twice. Read more

Andrew Lapin, NPR: The movie is ugly in both its look and outlook. It aims for the bottom and hits the bulls-eye. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: The only people likely to buy into the oh-so-shocking exploits of the teen comedy "Project X" are those who can't get invited to their own high school parties. Read more

Sara Stewart, New York Post: There is no way you could make this movie stupider or more pointlessly noisy than it already is. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Ultimately, Project X is an example of why gimmicks rarely work, especially once the new shine has worn off. Read more

Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: Halfway through this movie I thought I was giving it an F, but then... Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: The movie has all the heft of a tweet, but Philips has made it look pimp and, until the police end the party, Project X really is a riot. Read more

Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: An unapologetic and breathlessly amoral cinematic debauch about a California high school kid whose parents leave town and who throws an out-of-control, alcohol-soaked, drug-fueled, sex-crazed, jiggling-naked-breast-filled suburban bacchanal. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: This is a film desperately in need of a McLovin. Also, jokes would help. And comedic chemistry between the actors. And an ending that isn't a bolted-on cop-out. Save yourselves. It's too late for me. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: It's a perfectly lame movie that speaks intriguingly to the way we live now. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: These kids apparently attend Actress-Model High School, where the guys run the gamut from hot to dorky, but practically every female is skinny, stacked and ready to flash their racks to apparently dozens of video cameras. Read more

Cath Clarke, Time Out: It raised my moral outrage heckles in ways I didn't think possible. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The parent and homeowner in me were appalled by the debauchery and incredible property damage. The teenage boy in me couldn't help but smirk anyway. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: [It] would be every parent's worst nightmare if it weren't so inane. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: With its cast of unfamiliar faces and catalog of underage wish-fulfillment fantasies, this game-changing instant classic will doubtless inspire imitators. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: "There's a midget in the oven!" is about as inspired as the dialogue and set pieces get in this queasy-making entertainment about a 17-year-old dude's birthday bacchanalia. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: A thin, painfully overlong comedy about an out-of-control party thrown by a trio of high-school losers. Read more