Pain & Gain Quick Movie Reviews

kimstir - wrote on 06/21/2016

I don’t know how much cinematic merit this movie really has, but I kinda enjoyed the heck out of it haha. The whole story is really disturbing when you take a step back and think about it (apparently it's a true story (and maybe me finding it all so funny is even more disturbing?)), but I couldn’t help but laugh. Everybody was great. Love Mark Wahlberg in these kind of roles, the "tough guy that's too sensitive." Bar Paly kept making me laugh. She really owned that role I thought. And I want to steal her wardrobe STAT.

Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/09/2014

Michael Bay tries to get serious here - and while the film was highly entertaining, it shouldn't be because the true nature of the story is as despicable and reprehensible as you will find. Trying to instill humor into something so dark should be against the law of film, but leave it to Bay to put his mark on things. If you took out the whole "based on a true story" angle, I would have been nicer, but even though the people responsible got what they deserved, it doesn't mean we should celebrate it in such a flippant manner.

Matthew Brady - wrote on 01/10/2014

Okay micheal bay think's it's okay to make this into a comdey when this stuff did happened in real life.pain and gain. this is by far the worst micheal bay film yet I mean the soundtrack and Dwayne Johnson was the only good thing in this movie.

MikePA - wrote on 08/14/2013

There's plenty wrong with Pain & Gain - it's uneven, way too long, stylishly bloated, and chock full of typical Michael Bay antics - but it's easy to enjoy, and it stands as one of Bay's strongest and most ambitious films. Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie deliver memorable performances as three jackass criminals, who are well realized and often funny as hell. Had Pain & Gain been cut 25 minutes and directed by someone other than Bay, we'd be looking at a great film. However, I still had some fun with Bay's stylistic approach to the material, even if it does wear out its welcome. 2.5/4

sapien - wrote on 04/28/2013

I liked just about everything about this movie. Though, I'm not sure how I feel about the Rock punching that elderly man or the rape joke that was in this movie. But, I guess if it's a true story then maybe that stuff actually happened.