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

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 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

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

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

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 11, 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

Unfortunately, some clever ideas are set against a progressively more unbelievable story and a simplistic, tired commentary.

| Original Score: 4.2/10 | Jan 30, 2014