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Paul Feig Responds to Harsh ‘Jackpot!’ Reviews, Says Critics “Took the Biggest Dump on This Movie”
The Amazon comedy debuted over the summer with leads John Cena and Awkwafina.
BY RYAN GAJEWSKI
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OCTOBER 8, 2024 3:09PM
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Noel (John Cena) and Katie (Awkwafina) in Paul Feig’s JACKPOT
John Cena (left) and Awkwafina in ‘Jackpot!’ COURTESY OF AMAZON MGM STUDIOS
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Paul Feig relishes the audience support for his recent action-comedy film Jackpot!, but he still has trouble understanding the unflattering critical response.
The acclaimed comedy director was Jesse Tyler Ferguson‘s guest on the Dinner’s on Me podcast episode that was released Tuesday. During the chat, Feig shared that he loved making the Amazon MGM Studios feature that stars John Cena and Awkwafina, even if critics seemed to have mistaken expectations for what Jackpot! was aiming to accomplish.
“Now I can be happy because we’ve been the No. 1 movie worldwide on Amazon for four weeks in a row now, which is fantastic,” Feig said. “But the critics excoriated us. I mean, took the biggest dump on this movie. All I can figure, from the reviews I read, I think they were trying to find a lot of meaning in this premise.”
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