Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
positive
9(30%)
mixed
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Dec 12, 2016
70
It’s bluntly cheeky, it goes on for too long, but the concept keeps on giving.
Dec 20, 2016
67
Yes, it's Meet the Parents time again but flipped and filthier, in a good way. Why Him? had me laughing louder, more often than most smutcoms do, a NSFW blusher delivered by a keenly comical cast.
Dec 22, 2016
67
Luckily for Franco, Cranston makes for the perfect comic foil in Why Him?.
Dec 23, 2016
67
Overall, the laughs are scattershot, but the tone is good-natured, and the humor isn’t cruel.
Dec 13, 2016
63
The film is surprisingly amiable, thanks to the commitment of its lead actors and its refusal to condescend to its characters.
Dec 21, 2016
63
A James Franco-Bryan Cranston teaming that’s not as wild as intended, but reasonably diverting just the same.
Dec 22, 2016
63
An enjoyable (but long) romcom that's like "Meet the Parents" on LSD, laced with rat poison.
Dec 23, 2016
63
Franco’s outlandish Laird dude is fascinatingly unfiltered, either when it comes to his non-stop F-bombs or his love-seeking shenanigans. It’s all a bit rompy, with a touch of the-world-is-a-changin’ commentary.
Dec 12, 2016
58
The hit rate gets better as the film lumbers along and the scenarios grow more extreme, but it takes a certain degree of perseverance to roll with this thing until it pays off.
