Like an aging fighter that steps into the ring on short notice, Robert Smigel's The Week Of is overweight, unfocused and hungry for a paycheck.

| Feb 20, 2022

'The Week Of' is a hilarious and touching story about the fear of disappointment, stubbornness and the most heartfelt farewells of middle / lower class parents that a film with an explicit tribute to 'Footloose' may have. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 4, 2019

It's not so much a bad film, just an immensely tepid one with phoned-in performances, sadly an increasingly common occurrence for the leading pair.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 13, 2019

Kudos, I guess, to Steve Buscemi for continuing to show up and really commit to these Sandler Netflix sillies.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 17, 2019

It's a stale set up and no new comedy bounds are broken, but the The Week Of delivers the laughs and will surprise audiences with its genuinely sweet and heartwarming story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 21, 2018

How bad could it be? Well, as the popular "Mad Men" meme goes, it's "Not great, Bob!"

| Aug 3, 2018

It's a simple premise and, to the surprise of just about nobody, it's executed with little panache, ingenuity, heart or even basic comic merit. It is a textbook example of what people mean when they say "straight to Netflix" in a negative way.

| Jul 16, 2018

There's a good bit to like here, including some solid supporting turns from Steve Buscemi and Rachel Dratch. But it falls short, if not by a lot.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 16, 2018

Rock often struggles in comedies he didn't have a hand in writing, but he looks comfortable trading sentimental confessions with Sandler, who channels some of the same paternal sadness he so gently played in Meyerowitz.

| Jul 16, 2018

The latest box of flagging gaggery to fall off the assembly line at Sandler's Happy Madison production house is one of his laziest efforts on record. Which is really saying something.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 11, 2018

A messy patchwork of a movie that is tonally all over the map and way overstays its 116 minutes. What could have been an incisive comedy about class and ethnicity is instead a random dump of easy, mean-spirited jokes mixed with unearned sentimentality.

| Original Score: 1/4 | May 11, 2018

The Week Of isn't a good movie by any conventional standards, but it manages to clear the very low bar Sandler has set for himself.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 3, 2018

Raunchy comedy about dad throwing a wedding for daughter.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 2, 2018

There's no way audiences would pay to see The Week Of at a theater. Even streaming it might feel like a rip-off.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | May 1, 2018

It's mostly just mind-numbingly dull, with the annoyingly unfunny comedy bits at least breaking the monotony.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 29, 2018

Sure, there's the usual screeching and shtickiness and product placement, but the flick is also surprisingly easy-going, capturing the nervous energy that comes with weddings.

| Original Score: B | Apr 29, 2018

Even with helpful title cards telling us it's "MONDAY," "TUESDAY," etc., etc., this is a week that feels 10 days long.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 27, 2018

The best that can be said about The Week Of is that it at least tacks some heart onto an otherwise stale, mothball-scented set-up.

| Original Score: C | Apr 27, 2018

As usual, Adam Sandler presents a mean-spirited comedy, but an unengaged cast and uninspired writing also make The Week Of a bore.

| Original Score: 2.5/10 | Apr 27, 2018

After 85 minutes of mediocrity, The Week Of finally lands on one inspired bit, and then there's another half hour to go.

| Original Score: D+ | Apr 27, 2018