The movie fits into that so-bad-it’s-good category of Campbell’s career, which, by his direction of this project, tells me he’s realistic enough to admit that he loves the class of films he presides over. That's part of his charm.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 7, 2024

Smug, silly, and forgettable, this vanity project wants to be the next cult hit but really is just another vehicle for Bruce Campbell...

| Mar 14, 2010

| Original Score: 0/5 | Jan 14, 2010

"My Name is Bruce" won't give you sugar, baby. Not on its budget. But Splenda works fine as a substitute for this Kool-Aid, which Campbell knows fans will happily drink. A little bit of purposefully lousy filmmaking winds up going a long way.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 17, 2009

It's far better than any of the horror remake crap coming out and it earns its laughs honestly by actually intending to be funny.

| Feb 19, 2009

I'm pretty sure this is his best effort in years.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 19, 2009

Pretty bad, but in a way, we'd be disappointed if it wasn't...it's all about Campbell, a limber linguist whose verbal sense seems straight out of the '40s, and a game physical comic. [Blu-ray]

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 12, 2009

Doesn't really cut it as a horror or a comedy despite Campbell's undeniable charm.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 12, 2009

Add two stars-or even three-if you're as passionate about cheesy B-actor Campbell as he is about himself.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 12, 2009

Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead II, etc.) jumps on the post-modern bandwagon with this refreshingly low-key and absolutely hilarious horror comedy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 28, 2008

It's an affably goofy riff on the headaches associated with being America's most underappreciated actor.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 19, 2008

Perhaps the best thing that can be said about My Name Is Bruce is that Bruce Campbell has in fact appeared in worse movies.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 19, 2008

Light as air, My Name Is Bruce is good for a mild chuckle, not a belly laugh. As any Campbell fan knows, managing expectations is key to getting the most from his work.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 19, 2008

Cheerfully embracing his status as cult B-movie genre megastar even as he sends it up, Bruce Campbell's sophomore directorial excursion, My Name is Bruce, is a big in-joke of definite if limited appeal.

Full Review | Dec 18, 2008

It gets by on its concept for a little while but too often mistakes stupid-stupid for clever-stupid.

| Dec 12, 2008

Subtract Campbell from this movie's idiot-friendly equation and you've got just about any dimwitted horror comedy that's gone straight to video.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 11, 2008

As director, [Bruce Campbell] trips through gory gags and gallows humor with more tenacity than talent, while onscreen he mugs shamelessly.

| Original Score: C | Dec 11, 2008

Comedy/horror movies like Slither and the Evil Dead movies have already done this sort of thing a lot better.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 5, 2008

Just know going in that this isn't some hip satire. It's a straight-up B-flick. If that sounds cool, then "groovy"!

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 5, 2008

A spirited romp of self-deprecation and beheadings that might not hold appeal to the ordinary viewer, but remains absolute catnip to Campbell fans.

| Original Score: B | Dec 4, 2008