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Movie ID: 823
RT slug: impractical_jokers_the_movie
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/impractical_jokers_the_movie
Release year: 2020
Runtime: 93 mins
Wide release date: 2020-02-28
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2020-04-01
Tomatometer final: 36%
Audience score final: 76%
Genres: Comedy
Directors: Chris Henchy
Writers: Chris Henchy
Producers: Brian Quinn, Chris Henchy, James Murray, Jim Ziegler, Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano
MPAA rating: PG-13
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-18 18:55:09
Updated: 2026-06-18 18:55:09
Brian, James, Joe and Sal pull hilarious pranks on an unsuspecting public.
Impractical Jokers: The Movie awkwardly stitches familiar gags into a paper-thin fictional narrative resulting in one bad cinematic joke.
Canonical reviews: 25
Canonical fresh: 9
Canonical rotten: 16
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 36%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-18 15:43:23
Snapshot Tomatometer: 36%
Snapshot review count: 25
Snapshot fresh count: 9
Snapshot rotten count: 16
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1476 (full_snapshot)
| Company | Role |
|---|---|
| truTV | distributor |
| Funny or Die | production |
| truTV | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Quinn | Self |
| 2 | James Murray | Self |
| 3 | Joe Gatto | Self |
| 4 | Sal Vulcano | Self |
| Batch ID | Status | Mode | Created | Notes |
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| 839 | processed | — | 2026-06-18 18:55:09 | Processed successfully into movie_id=823 using update_mode=merge_non_empty. |
| Batch ID | Local Snapshot | UTC Snapshot | Entered % | Entered Count | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1476 | 2026-06-18 10:43:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-06-18 15:43:23 | 36% | 25 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 25 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=25, fresh=9, rotten=16, tomatometer=36%. Net new reviews added=25, fresh=9, rotten=16. Current canonical totals=25 reviews, 9 fresh, 16 rotten, tomatometer=36% (36.000%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (25). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (36%). |
| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180768 | Jason Fraley | WTOP (Washington, D.C.) | Rotten | 2/4 | 2020-07-18T17:30:39Z | 2020-07-18 17:30:39 | The movie is structured differently from "Jackass: The Movie," which was a hilarious array of pranks edited together. Instead, it strings the gags together between a fictional storyline, which doesn't work nearly as well. |
| 180769 | Carla Hay | Culture Mix | Rotten | — | 2020-07-14T03:40:28Z | 2020-07-14 03:40:28 | Impractical Jokers: The Movie falls on its face when it steers away from the pranks, and it has the stars of the show reading scripted lines as actors portraying themselves. |
| 180770 | Liam Hoofe | Flickering Myth | Fresh | — | 2020-05-11T21:20:25Z | 2020-05-11 21:20:25 | Impractical Jokers: The Movie is a film that has unapologetically been made for fans of the TV show. While it is not likely to win over any new viewers, fans of the original TV series will have a great time here. |
| 180771 | Jeffrey Lyles | Lyles' Movie Files | Rotten | 2/10 | 2020-04-09T23:30:16Z | 2020-04-09 23:30:16 | Will likely connect best with fans of the series and those absolutely desperate for self isolation entertainment. |
| 180772 | Linda Cook | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2020-04-09T04:10:10Z | 2020-04-09 04:10:10 | It will make you laugh your cares away. |
| 180773 | Felix Vasquez Jr. | Cinema Crazed | Fresh | — | 2020-04-02T19:40:14Z | 2020-04-02 19:40:14 | Probably won't win new fans, but it might entertain the loyal fans that have been following the series since the beginning... |
| 180774 | Tessa Smith | Mama's Geeky | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2020-04-01T18:40:11Z | 2020-04-01 18:40:11 | If you are looking for something to help you escape the world and just laugh for an hour and a half, Impractical Jokers: The Movie is it. |
| 180775 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2020-03-12T23:50:25Z | 2020-03-12 23:50:25 | I could watch the infamous McKay-helmed Ferrell short The Landlord on a loop for 93 minutes and laugh myself into hypoxia, as opposed to the nap Impractical Jokers left me craving. |
| 180776 | Louisa Moore | Screen Zealots | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2020-03-11T23:40:20Z | 2020-03-11 23:40:20 | I immediately liked all of these guys, and there's something satisfying and entertaining about watching grown men endlessly goofing around. Plus, it's really, really funny. |
| 180777 | Jackie K. Cooper | jackiekcooper.com | Rotten | 5/10 | 2020-03-06T22:40:23Z | 2020-03-06 22:40:23 | "Candid Camera" meets "Punk'd". Not enough originality in the content which was presented in the most amateurish manner, but hey my wife loved the humor. |
| 180778 | Allen Adams | The Maine Edge | Rotten | 0.5/5 | 2020-03-04T15:50:10Z | 2020-03-04 15:50:10 | If you pay money to go to a theater and see Impractical Jokers: The Movie, then guess what? The joke's on you. |
| 180779 | Luke Parker | VoiceBoxOffice | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-03-01T19:00:04Z | 2020-03-01 19:00:04 | There's no real justification for why this movie exists. |
| 180780 | Mike McGranaghan | Aisle Seat | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2020-02-29T18:50:05Z | 2020-02-29 18:50:05 | If you're going to make a feature-length film version of a TV prank show, you need to go big or go home. The makers of Impractical Jokers: The Movie should have gone home, because they sure didn't go big. |
| 180781 | Kiko Martinez | San Antonio Current | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-02-28T21:20:23Z | 2020-02-28 21:20:23 | Johnny Knoxville and his crew from Jackass got their own trilogy, but reality pranksters Brian Quinn, Joe Gatto, James Murray and Sal Vulcano should probably stick to the small screen for the foreseeable future. |
| 180782 | Jeremy Jahns | JeremyJahns.com | Rotten | — | 2020-02-28T15:10:13Z | 2020-02-28 15:10:13 | In the end, you do walk out of the movie feeling like, "I could just stay home and watch Impractical Jokers from home." |
| 180783 | Mark Keizer | Variety | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-02-27T04:40:14Z | 2020-02-27 04:40:14 | An undistinguished and unnecessary extension of a brand whose primary attributes are likability, authenticity and relative modesty. |
| 180784 | Frank Ochieng | Flick Feast | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-02-27T01:10:18Z | 2020-02-27 01:10:18 | Ultimately, this cruel impractical joke is on all of us...is about as amusing as sitting on a whoppie cushion filled with chocolate filling. |
| 180785 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Common Sense Media | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-02-27T00:30:16Z | 2020-02-27 00:30:16 | For their first big-screen foray, the jokers avoid extreme vulgar humor and manage to remain an oddly likable bunch, but the movie just isn't very funny for anyone who's not fond of practical jokes. |
| 180786 | Nick Allen | RogerEbert.com | Rotten | 2/4 | 2020-02-22T01:30:31Z | 2020-02-22 01:30:31 | Impractical Jokers: The Movie never provides any good reason for its pranks to be packaged in a movie, but it does speak to the fruitfulness of its concept. |
| 180787 | Joey Magidson | AwardsCircuit.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2020-02-21T20:10:20Z | 2020-02-21 20:10:20 | "Impractical Jokers: The Movie" will certainly play best to fans of the show. However, the comedy won't be lost on anyone, since friends ribbing each other is universal fun. |
| 180788 | Adam Graham | Detroit News | Rotten | C | 2020-02-21T01:00:13Z | 2020-02-21 01:00:13 | "Impractical Jokers: The Movie" is so thinly plotted that it makes screenwriting look like one of the group's impromptu challenges. |
| 180789 | John DeFore | The Hollywood Reporter | Fresh | — | 2020-02-20T20:00:11Z | 2020-02-20 20:00:11 | Fans of these four likeable doofuses... should enjoy the ride, though why somebody would get off the couch and spend money to see it is anyone's guess. |
| 180790 | Nate Adams | The Only Critic | Rotten | C- | 2020-02-20T17:50:08Z | 2020-02-20 17:50:08 | I'm glad the jokers had fun, but what about the rest of us? |
| 180791 | Michael Ordoña | Los Angeles Times | Fresh | — | 2020-02-20T17:20:08Z | 2020-02-20 17:20:08 | Ultimately, any movie that essentially starts with Paula Abdul (as Paula Abdul) clotheslining a guy and promising, "One day I'm gonna find you and I will destroy you!" - can't be all bad. |
| 180792 | Edward Douglas | The Weekend Warrior (Substack) | Fresh | 6.5/10 | 2020-02-19T20:00:13Z | 2020-02-19 20:00:13 | If you're already a fan of the Impractical Jokers, you'll probably like the movie. If not, you might not get it and there's just no real use trying. |
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