Rebel Wilson’s latest film has been savaged by critics, with one branding it the ‘worst film of the year’.
The film, Bride Hard, hit Australian cinemas on Thursday, and the reaction from Australian critics has been less than stellar.
Rebel stars alongside Anna Camp, Stephen Dorff and Anna Chlumsky in the action-comedy.
Billed as Die Hard-meets-Bridesmaids (the clue is in the title), the film follows a mercenary group who get more than they bargained for when they take a wedding party hostage.
Little do they know that the maid of honour, played by Rebel, is actually a secret agent.
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Rebel Wilson ‘s latest film has been savaged by critics, with one branding it the ‘worst film of the year’
Writing for PerthNow, critic Ben O’Shea did not pull any punches in his scathing assessment of the action-comedy.
‘Things this critic would rather do instead of ever watching Bride Hard again include, but are not limited to, giving Donald Trump a back wax and personally removing the next fatberg from Perth’s sewerage system,’ he wrote.
He didn’t stop there, arguing it could be the worst film he’s ever seen.
‘Rebel Wilson’s latest comedy is so bad, it is the front runner to claim worst film of the year and might just be the worst film yours truly has ever seen,’ Ben added.
It was a similar sentiment expressed by News Corp critic Leigh Paatsch, who also derided the film.
‘While there have been worse reasons for a movie to be wished into existence, there is much to this uneven production that will have you wishing it never existed at all,’ he wrote.
‘Inept joke construction and lifeless line delivery tease an eerie emptiness from scene after scene, cold-bloodedly killing each and every chance of a laugh.’
While giving few points for comedy, Leigh did find favour with some of the film’s action sequences, claiming the ‘mindless mayhem offers some welcome respite from all those thudding punchlines.’
The film follows a mercenary group who get more than they bargained for when they take a wedding party hostage. Little do they know that the maid of honour, played by Rebel, is actually a secret agent. Also pictured: Anna Camp
The film, Bride Hard, hit Australian cinemas on Thursday, and the reaction from Down Under scribes has been less than stellar
The film was released in the US on June 20, and has received a very similar lukewarm reception.
It currently boasts a depressing 18 per cent critic score and a slightly better 57 per cent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Similarly, IMDb rates the comedy at a lacklustre 4.3 out of 10.
Writing for The Guardian ahead of the US premiere, Benjamin Lee lambasted Bride Hard as ‘awful’ and a ‘rubbishy attempt’ to marry comedy and action.
‘The awfulness of Bride Hard just isn’t worth pointing and laughing at, it’s the kind of joyless slog that pushes you to check out early and never gives you reason to check back in,’ he wrote.
‘It wasn’t all naysaying, though with RogerEbert.com critic Carla Renata labelling the film ‘fluffy fun’.
‘Bride Hard makes it easy to grab your girls, some snacks (or drinks), and enjoy a little fluffy fun at the cinema,’ she wrote.
Viewers were less kind, taking to social media platform X to also slam the film.
Viewers were less kind, taking to X to also slam the film
‘Bride Hard with Rebel Wilson may be the worst film ever made, and I only saw 90 seconds of it,’ one disgruntled moviegoer wrote.
Another seemed confused by the whole affair, offering: ‘Just came back from watching bride Hard. Bruh wtf did I just watch?’
A third said they could only stomach the film for ten minutes before walking away.
‘After 10 minutes of watching Bride Hard with the GF, we shut it off in disgust. Even she hated it,’ they commented.
‘It’s neither funny, nor exciting. Not even a chick flick guilty pleasure, like Pitch Perfect. It’s awful.
‘Don’t bother. I’d put it on my Worst of ’25, but I need to finish it.’
It didn’t end there either, with another slamming the acting while praising the cast and story.
‘Bride Hard’s acting is just awful,’ the cranky cinephile wrote. ‘ They had a good story, not a new concept, but it could have been interesting.
The film was released in the US on June 20, and has received a very similar lukewarm reception. It currently boasts a depressing 18 per cent critic score and a slightly better 57 per cent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
‘The cast is good, the acting is just bad. They took and easy pay check if you ask me.’
The less-than-rave reviews have come at a bad time for Rebel, who is facing a second lawsuit from the producers of her film The Deb over claims she made false and derogatory statements about them.
Those statements include accusations of engaging in ‘inappropriate conduct’ towards actress Charlotte MacInnes, who stars in the film.
They also claim Wilson falsely accused them of embezzling the film’s funds, The Australian reported on Thursday.
Producers Vince Holden, Gregor Cameron and Amanda Ghost on Thursday filed proceedings against Wilson in the NSW Supreme Court.
Wilson is also being sued for defamation in the US courts by the three producers, who have accused her of injurious falsehood, misleading and deceptive conduct and breaches of contract and director’s duties.
They also allege that Wilson threatened the Australian distributor of the film, Kismet, by seeking an injunction to block its release.
