Stuber (15)

Action, Comedy

An action comedy in which an Uber driver unwittingly picks up a detective involved in the pursuit of a dangerous criminal. Read more …

The critical consensus

Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani team up for a disappointing Uber-driven buddy movie.

(*) (*) (*) Emma Simmonds, The List, 10/07/2019

Uber-inspired comedy just isn’t funny.

(*) (*) (*) Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 11/07/2019

Really there is very little chemistry between Bautista and Nanjiani, the cameo from Karen Gillan is disconcertingly fleeting, and if you compare this with something like the Beanie Feldstein/Kaitlyn Dever comedy Booksmart, the dialogue really does sound a bit pedestrian.

(*) (*) (*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 11/07/2019

A shortsighted cop and his put-upon Uber driver make a painfully unfunny odd couple.

(*) (*) (*) (*) Wendy Ide, The Observer, 14/07/2019