Stuber

Action flick machismo suffers an identity crisis in “Stuber,” a so-so buddy comedy frequently redeemed by the charisma of Kumail Nanjiani (“The Big Sick”). He’s Stu, a mild-mannered Uber driver whose ride is commandeered by Vic (Dave Bautista), a cop on a mission — but who can’t drive, because he’s just had Lasik surgery.

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Stuber is stupid

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‘Stuber’: Kumail Nanjiani & Dave Bautista Are The Classic Buddy Cop Pair In This Surprisingly Violent Comedy

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The only thing worse than hot garbage is elaborately lukewarm mediocrity, and for too much of its running time, the new comedy “Stuber” is just that.

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It’s one of those dumb movies that are so gleeful about their own idiocy that taking it seriously may seem pointless, which is always a good reason to take a movie seriously.

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A competent but underwhelming buddy comedy.

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These seasoned comic performers can’t breathe life into this buddy-cop comedy’s one-star jokes

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Tough cop Vic Manning (Dave Bautista) has just had eye surgery when he gets a tip-off that his great white whale, heroin dealer Tadjo (Iko Uwais), is going to be in town that night. Unable to see clearly, he forcibly enlists lovesick Uber driver Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) to drive him – but all does not go to plan…

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Incapacitated cop Dave Bautista forces timid Kumail Nanjiani to help him take down the bad guys in this lame LA-set caper

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Dude, Where’s My Uber? Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista Buddy Comedy Goes Nowhere Fast

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It’s the sort of movie that defines the term “summer doldrums” in a way few others have.

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The film is defined by its straight-faced attachment to outmoded ideas about masculinity and law enforcement.

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Even Nanjiani’s endearingly funny turn isn’t enough to elevate Stuber above its own trite, lazy aspirations. He might drive away with the movie, he just doesn’t drive far enough.

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There is absolutely no reason to catch a ride with the nasty, brutish and shrill "Stuber," a horror movie about our current American nightmare of late capitalist economics and unchecked law enforcement masquerading as an "action comedy."

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