Four Lions

San Francisco Chronicle by

Probably the world's first jihad terrorist comedy, Four Lions is a daring, brilliantly conceptualized film, but like the bumbling bombers of the title, the execution tends to be hit-and-miss.

Empire by Kim Newman

Guaranteed to offend a lot of folks across the political and belief spectrum, but consistently funny and horribly to the point. A sit-com spin-off is probably not on the cards, though.

Time Out by Nicolas Rapold

While these ninnies' antics and banter are remarkably entertaining, the quality of the satire depends on when the movie is sending up ludicrous extremist logic and when it's just engaging in repetitive buffoonery.

Boxoffice Magazine by Pam Grady

While the film is likely to find outright rejection among those who remain jittery with each turn in the War Against Terror, it should find a warm reception with fans of dark, outrageous humor.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Four Lions is impossible to categorize. It's an exceedingly dark comedy, a wicked satire, a thriller where the thrills center on the incompetence of the villains.

Movieline by Stephanie Zacharek

The idea, in the end, is that even lovable loonies can do a lot of damage.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

When it works - and it doesn't half the time - it's as if Monty Python were back, putting its merrily imbecilic stamp on the dark world of terrorism.

Boston Globe by Ty Burr

Real satire must be savage, and Four Lions, for all its daring, finally doesn't dare enough.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

If all terrorists were like these idiots, the US would have nothing to worry about.