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(2013)

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Based on 31 critic reviews provided by Metacritic.com
75
Delivery Man trades the abrasive comedian's trademark snark for schmaltz - an experiment that actually works better than you'd guess.
75
Delivery Man, with its democratic band of half-siblings and its feel-good view of humankind, is what it is: a reproductive remake that will make you laugh. More than once or twice.
70
The circumstances may be contrived, but the characters feel refreshingly genuine.
63
So it's no “Starbuck,” which most people won't mind because Americans don't read subtitles. But even in this form, Delivery Man and the guy who plays him still deliver where it counts.
63
Delivery Man is predictable but likable, schmaltzy but sweet.
60
Proves lightly entertaining in spite of its more heartfelt tendencies.
60
Most important, he's got Vaughn, whose mix of silliness and sincerity is an ideal anchor for the broad premise. Vaughn is one of those actors who tends to autopilot his way through too many mediocre projects. When he goes all in, though, it's impossible to resist his charm.
50
The only saving grace is Chris Pratt as Vaughn's deadpan best friend.
50
The concept's execution is sloppy, full of inconsistencies and plot holes. The situations teeter on funny, but never achieve it. And sections meant to be heartwarming feel lukewarm, far-fetched or inappropriately comical.
50
The film isn't terrible; Vaughn, Pratt and, as David's frustrated girlfriend, Cobie Smulders know what they're doing in terms of finessing the material for laughs as well as the h-word. But it's all sort of unseemly.
50
Reprising his writing/directing chores from the original, Ken Scott gives us an uneven mishmash that alternates between easy gags, shameless sentimentality and some just plain bizarre choices.
50
A film that strives to make you think, and even tug at your heart. But the central foundation of the entire enterprise is so shaky that the walls and plaster are falling down all around you, even as you're trying to make sense of it all.
42
Delivery Man may be a change of pace for Vaughn, but it's the exact opposite for its creator, the Québécois filmmaker Ken Scott. Belonging to the Funny Games school of carbon-copy remakes, the film is an identical Hollywood retread of Scott's 2011 festival favorite Starbuck. Every scene, every joke, nearly every shot of the movie is straight out of the original.
40
If this remake of 2011's French-Canadian hit "Starbuck" feels as if it's just going through the motions, Vaughn himself radiates sincerity and good intention. The actor doesn't get it right this time, but he's earned himself another chance.
30
Let's not blame Vince Vaughn for this stale cupcake. He's halfway through his Alec Baldwin-like transition from underbaked hunk to charismatic character actor.
30
The film lacks any undercurrent of believability.
25
The breadth of Vince Vaughn's gregarious persona has never been given free reign by any director and this certainly isn't the game-changer.
25
There are themes of familial connection and responsibility drenched across every frame of it, but aside from a few performances and amusing asides, “Delivery Man” is a bland translation of a sweet, but already flawed original.
25
Delivery Man is one joke stretched to the breaking point. Mine was reached.
25
Nowhere near the worst film of 2013, but it is definitely the most exhausting.
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