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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteSeattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteA hilariously spry effort from an equally unpromising premise.
- 70NPRBob MondelloNPRBob MondelloYou'd think the weakest link in Fanboys would be that it's all in-jokes, but they're actually not so "in" that a casual fan won't get them.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliUnfortunately, while Fanboys has moments of success, it is mostly a middling road picture that doesn't do a lot more than any average, forgettable entry into the tired genre.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumMildly cute, mildly drooly, majorly too late spoof/homage.
- 50VarietyVarietyEnd result feels like an uneven cross between an amateur "Project Greenlight" pic and such recent comedies as "Superbad" and "Pineapple Express," in which indie directors brought a certain edge to material that might once have felt more at home under the National Lampoon label.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsA genial, sloppy, minor affair, offering a smidgen of inside baseball, which includes a gag at the expense of the forgotten, late '80s Lucas-produced epic "Willow."
- 50Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaFor its amusing premise, Fanboys is scarily flat.
- Fanboys doesn't have a fan's obsessive attention to detail, or the giddy geekiness that can make Tarantino's movies both thrilling and trying. It's not nearly nerdy enough.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIts primary flaw is that it's not critical. It is a celebration of an idiotic lifestyle, and I don't think it knows it.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe one genuine bright spot among the performers is Kristen Bell as Windows's would-be girlfriend, his dream combination of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Janeane Garofalo.