What Happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas this weekend. It comes to a movie theater near you!

Is this Ashton Kutcher/Cameron Diaz comedy worth your time and money, though? Let’s find out what a number of film critics thought of it…

- Sadly, about the nicest thing I can say about What Happens in Vegas is that I didn’t hate it — although I suppose that’s something... — Reel Views

- Though utterly contrived, predictable, and disposable, this counter-proragmming date flick has a certain charm, due to Cameron Diaz’s sex appeal and ease with slapstick and her onscreen chemistry with lead man Ashton Kutcher… — Emanuel Levy

- This tone-deaf flick from hack screenwriter Dana Fox, is an example of a Hollywood formula romantic comedy where the author never properly learned the recipe… — Cole Smithey

- The film delivers what it promises as a freewheeling, bitchy-mouthed romantic comedy, so it’s a good date movie… – Urban Cinefile

It’s the next big movie on the summer film docket.

But will Speed Racer follow in the record-breaking footsteps of Iron Man? The following reviews might go a long way toward determining that…

- The Wachowskis have created a blast of pure pop family fun; Speed Racer’s a bright, bold visual spectacle designed for kids… — Cinematical

- Unlike a Pixar cartoon that embraces as wide an audience as possible, Speed Racer proudly denies entry into its ultra-bright world to all but gamers, fanboys and anime enthusiasts… — The Hollywood Reporter

- Imagine someone pouring hot, melted Starburst candies into your corneas, and you just begin to approximate the experience of Speed Racer, an ice-cream headache of a movie that just keeps piling on the unnatural colors… — MSNBC

- Pure cotton candy — entirely non-nutritious but too sweet and pretty for young people to resist… — Variety

With Iron Man coming out tomorrow, there’s a good chance the unknown comedy Son of Rambow gets overlooked by movie-goers.

But it sounds like film critics think this would be a mistake on your part. Here’s what they have to say about the flick…

- Full of quirk, slapstick and dry British humor, Son of Rambow is a delight, but too often forgets to stay true to its heart… — E! Online

- The team who made The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy display plenty of whirligig energy, if not much control or lightness of touch… — Entertainment Weekly

- Son of Rambow evokes the rush of discovery that turns budding cinephiles into lifers — that delight in finding a film that seems to express or coalesce some inchoate yearning, including a yen to share… — Village Voice

- This is a joyous film. It’s about making friends, making movies and having a great time; a movie for anybody and everybody, especially those with a love of the ’80s… — IGN Movies

Is Made of Honor as tiresome as its plot suggests? Or as cheesy as its title suggests?

You can tell what our opinion of this Patrick Dempsey movie just from those opening sentences. But do critics around the country agree? Let’s find out…

- How do I loathe the soul-crushingly predictable Made of Honor? Let me count the ways… — Slant Magazine

- A strong opening, bursting with wit and vigour, gives way to a predictable, patronising and immensely lazy second half. Could have been so much more… — Empire Magazine

- An amusing, smartly cast romantic comedy told from a guy’s perspective… — The Hollywood Reporter

- Director Paul Weiland and the three (!) screenwriters it took to boil down thousands of bad movies into 101 minutes haven’t provided this one with a single original thought… — Village Voice

The first blockbuster of the summer comes out this Friday.

Indeed, Robert Downey Jr. flies into theaters as Iron Man this week. While the previews for the film couldn’t make it look much more exciting, we were curious what critics thought. Here’s our answer…

- Audiences looking for grand escapist fare at cinemas this summer won’t mind having spent their price of admission on it. Be sure to get some popcorn too… — Sci Fi Movie Page

- In place is a talented cast, an interesting director, an established lead character, and a wealth of plots from the comics ready to be mined for future storylines. Despite Iron Man’s problems, it will definitely leave you wanting more… — IGN UK

- [An] expansively entertaining special effects extravaganza… — Variety

- Handsome and Charismatic, Robert Downey Jr. renders a dominant performance, treating the comicstrip character as a dramatic actor, which compensates for the movie’s flaws and elevates it above the standard of a slickly produced popcorn summer fare… – Emanuel Levy

Following a series of less than serious roles - Kill Bill, My Super Ex-Girlfriend - Uma Thurman takes on a dark role in The Life Before Her Eyes. The plot of the film is pretty much as intense as it gets:

A woman is permanently scarred after a school shooting takes the life of her best friend.

So, does Uma pull off the role well? Is the film worth seeing? Let’s find out what a handful of movie critics think about those questions and others…

- The Life Before Her Eyes will draw you in, then intrigue you, then bore you, then bewilder you, then make you crazy with its incessant flashbacks and flash forwards, and finally leave you feeling like the victim of a fraud. — The Wall Street Journal

- It’s sad to see such subtle, wrenchingly emotional work expended on such trifling material. — TV Guide

- Paints a compelling and thought-provoking picture of not only school violence, but violence in general, and the trickle-down effect that a single moment in time can have on one’s whole future. – The Movie Boy

- What this heavy-handed film mainly has to endure is a clunky story structure and an ending that wasn’t original when it was seen four decades ago on The Twilight Zone. — New York Daily News

Baby Mama should be an interesting test case for audiences.

We already know male comedians such as Steve Carell and Will Ferrell can carry movies, but what about their female counterparts? How will this Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler vehicle fare at the box office? We’ll have that question answered next week.

For now, though, let’s just see what film critic think of the comedy…

- There are gags and scraps of action that give the movie fits of buoyancy, and these tend to come not so much from the younger, eager performers as from the old hands. — The New Yorker

- Surrogate motherhood is the comic topic of the day, and this is one funny chick flick that won’t rankle male members of the audience. — Cole Smithey

- A tailor-made girls’ night out movie, Baby Mama is a tidily wrapped package the contents of which you can easily guess before opening it. — Variety

- That the film also features SNL’s Amy Poehler makes the proceedings’ crushing mediocrity that much more frustrating. — Slant Magazine

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay comes out on April 25.

Considering the DVD success of Harold and Kumer’s first adventure (something about trying to find a fast food joint), we can pretty much pencil in the follow-up at the top of next weekend’s box office. Maybe even the movie of the year.

But what do critics make of it? We them for a movie review or two…

- A prison sex slave rebellion having to do with an organ sandwich, don’t ask, and a detour over to Bush’s secret sex den, make this ballsy doper duo and their Blue State versus Red State rant hard to resist. — NewsBlaze

- In its own wacky way, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay is one of the ballsiest comedies to come out of Hollywood in a long time. No kidding. — Variety

- The HIGHly-anticipated sequel to 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle comes just how you’d expect it: raunchy, wild, disgusting and completely absurd. — Cinematical

- Like most comedy sequels, it is not as funny as its predecessor — but, like most comedy sequels, that won’t matter too much if you get stoned before you watch it. — Eric D. Snider

We never thought we’d say this about an Al Pacino movie, but of all the films opening this weekend, 88 Minutes looks the most boring.

The supposed thriller looks like a cliched cat-and-mouse cop flick, with Pacino in the role of the hunted police officer, haunted by his past. Do critics around the nation agree with us? Let’s find out…

- 88 Minutes plays like a script Tom Cruise rejected back in the ’90s, forcing Pacino to run — across campus, across town, through parking garages, up and down stairs. — New York Press

- 88 Minutes will add a little more luster to a career that has not been adequately appreciated perhaps because of the suspiciously seductive power of a little man with an outsize talent. — New York Observer

- How Al Pacino found himself roped into this wacky movie is another mystery entirely and one that doesn’t take much research past the words “yacht payment” to solve. — Brian Orndorf

- If one is the loneliest number, two is company, three is a crowd and four is an orgy, then eighty-eight must be the universal symbol for unwatchability. — Arizona Daily Star

Starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li, The Forbidden Kingdom certainly looks to be a must-see for anyone interested in martial arts.

But what about those that enjoy a sensible plot? Intelligent dialogue? Overall entertainment? A handful of critics weigh in on whether or not The Forbidden Kingdom provides all these and more, as well…

- The Jackie/Jet pairing lives up to the hype, resulting in one of the best family adventure tales of recent memory. — ReelzChannel

- While top-billed duo do indeed occupy plenty of screen time, this is basically the latest version of that post-Star Wars fantasy concept in which only a middle-class white teenage boy can save the universe from, y’know, Evil. — Variety

- An incredibly entertaining and satisfying action flick well worth the wait to finally see these two martial arts masters work together. — ComingSoon.net

- Once past the clunky prologue, the film is great fun, with a good balance between computer effects and athleticism. – New York Magazine