3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

Variance Films | Release Date: October 12, 2012

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51	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critics

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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 12, 2012

A vibrantly vulgar comedy that never hangs around to admire its own cleverness. Read full review

Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaOct 23, 2012

Surprisingly, character actor Sam Anderson winds up stealing a lot of the film as Bruce and Frank's dad. He can take a line as innocuous as "We don't have cars right now. Bruce stole them for drugs" and turn it into something hilarious.

Slant MagazineChuck BowenOct 9, 2012

The film never really goes soft, as Jordan Roberts never loses sight of the fact that these toxic nincompoops are authentically bad for one another. Read full review

The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreOct 10, 2012

Everyone plays against type in 3, 2, 1… Frankie Go Boom, none more so than Ron Perlman, who has a small role as a post-op transsexual hacker. Read full review

Village VoiceNick SchagerOct 9, 2012

Less inept than its worst-of-the-year title suggests, 3, 2, 1 . . . Frankie Go Boom nonetheless proves too ramshackle and aimless to ever achieve true absurdity. Read full review

Time Out New YorkDavid FearOct 9, 2012

Lovers of the TV biker drama may find pleasure in the duo's surreal scenes together, but everyone else will likely view this story about a writer (Hunnam), his film-obsessed drug-addict brother (Chris O'Dowd) and a viral amateur-porn movie as one limp farce. Read full review

New York PostLou LumenickOct 11, 2012

A raunchy, sporadically funny comedy. Read full review

The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 14, 2012

Self-destructs in its quest for comic outrageousness. Read full review

NPRJoel ArnoldOct 11, 2012

Tragically unfunny, Frankie is occasionally elevated by some of its gifted and game cast, but the film's nasty, comedically incoherent script limits its potential. Read full review