Name: The Big Hit
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2020-08-28
Rating: 7

202014

ComedyDrama1h 45m

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41%

Tomatometer

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57%

Popcornmeter

7.0

TMDB

Storyline

Etienne, an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theater workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett’s famous play Waiting for Godot. When he is allowed to take the colorful band of convicts on a tour outside of prison, Etienne finally has the chance to thrive.

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DirectorEmmanuel Courcol

ReleasedAug 28, 2020

StatusReleased

Original languageFrench

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide14BE

Studio

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

1 fresh · 6 rotten

Critics consensus

“The Big Hit seeks to blend the best of Hong Kong and American action cinema, but ends up offering a muddled mush that mostly misses.”

41% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Danny Leigh

RTSight & SoundMar 5, 2002

...vacant and ill-conceived...

Jack Mathews

RTLos Angeles TimesFeb 14, 2001

The Big Hit is nothing more, or less, than a big goof.

Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesJan 1, 2000

The characters in these movies exist in a Twilight Zone where thousands of rounds of ammunition are fired, but no one ever gets shot unless the plot requires him to. The bullets have read the screenplay.

Wesley Lovell

RTCinema SightJan 7, 2023

The film fails on so many levels that it’s hard to even remember the ONE extremely funny scene about one hour into the film.