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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Total FilmJosh WinningTotal FilmJosh WinningMcKinnon, Aniston and Jillian Bell's smiley pimp run away with the show, and as the party wears on, it becomes increasingly, thrillingly surreal.
- 60We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoWe Got This CoveredMatt DonatoOffice Christmas Party is a naughty Xmas comedy stuffed with enough ho-ho-hos and ha-ha-has to corrupt this holiday season.
- 50Screen DailyJohn HazeltonScreen DailyJohn HazeltonFor all its attempts at inventive excess – and at slightly more sophisticated humour - this scattershot gross-out comedy ends up producing chuckles rather than real laughs.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenIt’s a frenetic grab bag of strained shtick, however expertly delivered by ace comic performers.
- 40VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeTurn them loose, and this cast has nearly endless potential to be outrageous, and yet, the script...keeps interrupting the festivities with unnecessary details about whether the company will even be around tomorrow.
- 40EmpireSimon CrookEmpireSimon CrookIn a year of Bad Moms, Bad Santas and Bad Neighbours, this is, essentially, Bad Employees: another irresponsible-adults comedy, another great cast, and another erratic script. Catch it for McKinnon.
- 38Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaSlant MagazineKenji FujishimaJosh Gordon and Will Speck's Office Christmas Party generally smacks of trying too hard to earn its laughs.
- 33IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichLike any office Christmas party you’ve ever been forced to attend, it kind of feels a little bit too much like work to be fun, and — like any office Christmas party you’ve ever been forced to attend — it’s just a tiny bit too diverting for you to storm out before the whole thing crawls to its sad conclusion.
- 30TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleA busy but witless and stale comedy that rehashes every raunchy gag we expect from R-rated comedies, it also wears its hackneyed sentimentality and cookie-cutter underdog story beats as proudly as adhesive nametags.