Rapper, Brad 'B-Rad' Gluckman is seriously hindering his father's bid for governor. so his father sets out to discourage him by setting up his kidnap, but things didn't go as planned.
Wanted isn't quite the real Slim Shady of hip-hop comedies. But you might lose yourself in a few of its amusing moments.
Nick Rogers
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)
June 26, 2003
The movie flirts with incisive, witty segments, but it's ultimately yet another anti-inflammatory comedy about racial identity that devolves into a one-joke affair.
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
December 25, 2010
Dumb movie, but some funny moments for teens.
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
April 21, 2003
Jamie Kennedy's B-Rad is based on a character from his TV show -- and as the centerpiece for a sketch, he's hilarious. But the B-Rad joke wears thin when stretched across a feature-length film.
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly
September 06, 2003
Jamie Kennedy needs to be stopped.
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
April 18, 2003
The Jamie Kennedy comedy vehicle Malibu's Most Wanted faces a seemingly insurmountable problem: It's really a lot better when Kennedy isn't on screen.
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
January 04, 2004
Ryan O'Neal gets more laughs in a few scenes than Chris Rock managed in all of Head of State.
Mike Clark
USA Today
April 18, 2003
Think of a B-grade Bulworth with lesser talents than A-listers Warren Beatty and Halle Berry.
Malibu's Most Wanted absconds with a simplistic but imaginative plot and elevates it beyond the realm of sketch comedy into legitimate cinematic territory - for real, y'all.
