The writing sometimes collapses into overkill, but sometimes it is precisely on point.

| Oct 23, 2023

Rather than challenge himself, Burr instead uses the film to adapt his schtick into a three-hander bro comedy addressing the generational divide regarding modern mores and language.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 23, 2023

A boorish and obnoxiously vulgar comedy that, since it can’t claim any other great distinction, might well have been expressly written to break the all-time record for use of the f-word in the major studio movie.

| Oct 20, 2023

As hot as he is on stage, Bill Burr picked a lousy time to try migrating his angry-guy act to movies, as he does in the fitfully funny Old Dads.

| Oct 20, 2023

The characters aren't really characters so much as they're stand-ins and targets for Burr's ideas and jokes, and those jokes are as stale as the Kaitlyn Jenner material Burr dusts off here.

| Original Score: D | Oct 20, 2023

The whole "does it offend you, yeah?" routine only works if someone commits to it, and Burr is too much of a softy at heart to go all the way. He doesn’t want to piss people off, he just wants to air his grievances about progressive culture.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 20, 2023

A meandering, unfunny assault on PC culture that would seem perfectly in place in the 1990s alongside “Illiberal Education” by Dinesh D’Souza and the rantings of Pat Buchanan. It’s so dated there’s even a mention of Halliburton.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Oct 20, 2023

"Old Dads" has a great cast, but it's barely a movie.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 20, 2023

A movie full of thoroughly unlikable characters... heavy in its criticism but sparse in its actual humor.

| Oct 20, 2023

When not being used to grind dull culture-war axes, sputtering impotent anger is a comedy staple. It just needs to be funnier than this.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 20, 2023

Given the unapologetic, sharp-edged tone of Burr’s comedy, it’s surprising that as director, co-writer and star of this vehicle, he played it so safe.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 20, 2023

If you find Burr’s stand-up routines funny, you’ll enjoy Old Dads, which also benefits from Cannavale’s hilariously beleaguered reactions, Woodbine’s solid underplaying and some very funny turns by a variety of comedians in small roles.

| Oct 20, 2023

Burr is skilled at this, for sure. And Woodbine and Cannavale, who are better actors overall, slide into Burr’s mode with ease. The results will prove satisfactory and maybe cathartic for his fans.

| Oct 20, 2023