Considerably well-written throughout, Hits' only fault lies in its lamentable withholding of some of the more substantial elements of its tongue-in-cheek narrative statement.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 11, 2019

Hits: a frequently funny but easy-prey satire about America's obsession with fame, displaying a small-screen sensibility that extends from its joke setups to its boxy visuals.

| Nov 19, 2018

Hits misses the mark, but there's evidence he's capable of something great.

| Nov 19, 2018

Plagued with uneven pacing and tone, "Hits" feels more like a rant.

| Original Score: C | Nov 19, 2018

Unfortunately, by the end, thanks to a misguided use of a few offensive slurs against gays and African Americans, the whole thing turns needlessly ugly, undermining the goodwill Cross had mustered.

| Nov 19, 2018

Cross's debut as a feature film writer/director focuses on this bleak social intersection, with encouraging (though discouraging) results.

| Aug 22, 2017

While it's nice to see Cross in the director's chair, it's a disappointment that Hits' satirical highs are undercut by a series of uninteresting scenarios.

| Original Score: C | Jun 21, 2016

Cross faces the rather challenging task of sustaining a narrative that dislikes pretty much every character that inhabits it. But that's also what makes the film audacious - you've got to admire Cross's consistency.

| Jun 18, 2016

Flat and formless in execution.

| Feb 13, 2015

David Cross, who also wrote the script, is content to come across like a grumpy old man. His comedy is one-note, furious, and fun-enough

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 12, 2015

[A] modest, focused directorial debut ...

| Feb 12, 2015

While the film is well-intended and scores points for skewering disposable idolatry, it seems off the mark, murky, about its acerbic message.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 12, 2015

Just about every other element of Hits, from its eagerness to snigger at the expense of small-town yokels to its sneering disdain for YouTube, leaves a sour taste.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 12, 2015

The satire of self-satisfied, opportunistic Brooklynites is cutting, but it lacks the humanity afforded the upstate characters, and quickly repeats itself, seemingly by design.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 12, 2015

Hits is probably not what you're expecting it to be, and that's a good thing.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Feb 12, 2015

All the low-hum, behavioral buffoonery gets a bit tedious.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 11, 2015

"Mr. Show" mixed inspired silliness and vicious satire in equal measure, and "Hits" sustains that formula for 90 gloriously acerbic minutes.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 11, 2015

Rather than commenting on pop culture garbage, the film merely points at common knowledge and says, 'I hate that too.'

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 10, 2015

In the end, the effort of sussing out this satire's attitude seems silly for the fact that its jokes just aren't funny enough.

| Oct 5, 2014

There is undoubtedly a lot to be admired about this piece, and Cross has shown a lot of promise in just his directorial debut but this comedy i a film that's not particularly funny

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 28, 2014