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Apr 20, 2022
88
This is a great-looking film with terrific performances, some lovely messaging and a steady parade of solid laughs—some the kids will enjoy and just as many targeted squarely at the grown-up kids in the audience.
Apr 21, 2022
88
The characters are well-defined and Rockwell holds the picture together as he conveys Mr. Wolf’s shifting emotional states: suave, vexed and morally conflicted. Kids will love The Bad Guys and there’s plenty of substance for adults as well.
Apr 25, 2022
83
The Bad Guys brings a deep love for heist films to this animated adventure, and in doing so, creates one of the year’s best animated films.
Apr 21, 2022
80
The Bad Guys is a fun, family-friendly caper that’s bursting with action and brimming with laughs.
Apr 19, 2022
75
It’s a heist film with heart and humor, and where’s the crime in that?
Apr 21, 2022
75
The Bad Guys takes the cute kid with a fishing pole in the DreamWorks logo and replaces him with a rather raffish-looking wolf who sneaks his way up onto that crescent moon. Right off the bat, we’re being told to expect irreverence and inventiveness. Those expectations will be met.
Apr 21, 2022
70
For much of the way, The Bad Guys is antic fun, aided immeasurably by the terrific vocal performances.
Apr 22, 2022
68
Even when The Bad Guys resembles other movies, it’s stealing from them gracefully, with its own sensibility and energy.
Apr 19, 2022
67
I’m not sure The Bad Guys is something kids on the younger side will enjoy, as the action and humor seem aimed at a slightly older, 10-and-up crowd. Still, there are some good lessons to be learned here about staying true to your friends and not judging someone on the way they look – a lesson we all, not just the kiddos, need to learn.
