The Chaperone 2011

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: As funny as these guys can be when they work themselves into a purple-faced rage yelling at the TV camera, none of the current generation of wrestler-actors seem to have the charisma or comic gifts of a Hulk Hogan or Dwayne Johnson. Read more

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: A lightweight comedy aimed, presumably, at tweeners and fans of World Wrestling Entertainment Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: The Chaperone is being marketed as a comedy, though no one seems to have told anyone involved. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: This lame WWE produced family comedy isn't likely to turn wrestling star Paul "Triple H" Levesque into a household name. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Like last year's "Legendary" and "Knucklehead," which didn't exactly slam moviegoers to the mat with their entertainment chops, this haphazardly cliched comedy-drama about redemption similarly suffers. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: "The Chaperone" is dreadful enough to make you wish Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was still making family movies. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: As long as the poker-faced "Triple H" is the centerpiece, The Chaperone is not without moments of genuine sweetness. Best of all, he is the most unpretentious and least flamboyant human juggernaut to ever hit the screen. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Presumably there's an audience out there for old-fashioned, poorly written, unevenly thesped, family-friendly tales of redemption starring beefy wrestlers and a bunch of kids, but it's difficult to imagine who. Read more

Ella Taylor, Village Voice: You get a bargain two high-concepts for the price of one in this amiably lame offering from Stephen Herek. Read more