Metacritic reviews

As formula films go, The Bounty Hunter is more enjoyable than most, even if it packs in as many cliches as any.

In The Bounty Hunter, the couple that foils a bunch of tiresome grade-C thriller goons together stays together. Whether or not that's a recipe for love, it's certainly not a formula for romantic-comedy magic.

The mishmash ends up as a thoroughly unfunny adult cartoon.

This dire battle-of-the-exes action-comedy severely tests audience goodwill by running an indulgent 110 minutes, crammed as it is with half-baked thriller subplots and aimless supporting characters, as if to distract from the central duo's nonstop bickering.

Aniston doesn’t bring her old A-game to this. But at least she’s not quiet and reserved and no-energy, her approach to too many roles of late. Butler makes the most of his Neanderthal rut.

Why, oh, why, was this movie necessary?

We have to take the sexual tension on faith, as with everything in this formulaic glob of a script.

The script has all the spunk of Ikea-bookcase assembly instructions.

Inexplicably, Butler continues to get work in romantic comedies despite his limited range and boorish persona.

Perhaps tracking down the folks responsible for this film should be Milo's next assignment.