{"id":172947,"date":"2025-09-22T01:31:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T01:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/172947\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T01:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T01:31:06","slug":"marlon-wayans-addresses-negative-him-reviews-go-see-for-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/172947\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlon Wayans Addresses Negative ‘Him’ Reviews: ‘Go See For Yourself’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHim<\/a> star Marlon Wayans<\/a> is addressing negative reviews of his latest project, the Jordan Peele<\/a>-produced horror-thriller that delves into the sacrificial nature of American football.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe comic-cum-actor posted a carousel of photos on Instagram to relay the idea that a majority of his cult classic films \u2014 from the lauded farcical comedy White Chicks to hood film spoof Don\u2019t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood \u2014 have received reappraisal throughout the years since their releases.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJust to be clear\u2026 I respect critics,\u201d he wrote. \u201cTheir job is to Critique. I respect their work. It shapes our industry. But an opinion does not always mean it\u2019s everyone\u2019s opinion. Some movies are ahead of the curve. Innovation is not always embraced and art is to be interpreted and it\u2019s subjective. I\u2019ve had a career of making classic movies that weren\u2019t critically recieved [sic] and those movies went on to be CLASSICS. So don\u2019t take anyone\u2019s opinion just go see for yourself. Love to all. Him in theaters now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Requiem for a Dream star\u2019s post also included screenshots of the differing critical versus audience consensus on Rotten Tomatoes for A Haunted House and Scary Movie 1 and 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tOnline, Wayans\u2019 thoughtful, measured response to lackluster takes drew praise, especially amid a general hostile media environment toward cultural critics, who have in some cases faced public backlash or doxxing after voicing their opinions.<\/p>\n

\n\tVulture\u2018s aggregation of reviews<\/a> points toward the consensus that \u201cCritics Don\u2019t Think\u00a0Him\u00a0Has It.\u201d Deadline\u2019s Pete Hammond wrote in his review<\/a>: \u201cHim\u2019s\u00a0marketing campaign suggests something akin to a religious experience with its wannabe star quarterback posing as some sort of Christ-on-the-cross-like figure in the ads with the tagline, \u2018Greatness demands sacrifices.\u2019 I would add, \u2018Movies demand coherence.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Rolling Stone\u2018s headline reads: \u201cHim is a fourth-down horror-movie fumble.\u201d The Los Angeles Times notes: \u201cThe devil\u2019s in the details of the football horror Him, but it punts on plot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite largely negative reviews, many outlets do highlight the outstanding performances of stars Wayans and Tyriq Withers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tHelmed by Justin Tipping<\/a>, who co-wrote the script alongside Skip Bronkie and Zack Akers, Him follows rising star athlete Cameron Cade (Withers) as he receives the opportunity of a lifetime to train with GOAT quarterback Isaiah White (Wayans), who is looking for a worthy successor as he prepares to retire. But as the week-long, secluded football intensive carries on, Cameron begins to unravel the sinister allure of greatness, and the too high price it demands.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile not exactly a box office touchdown, Him is also not a bust at the B.O., raking in $13.5 million<\/a> after its first week in theaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Him star Marlon Wayans is addressing negative reviews of his latest project, the Jordan Peele-produced horror-thriller that delves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,41700,46724,100201,46991,24424],"class_list":["post-172947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-him","tag-jordan-peele","tag-justin-tipping","tag-marlon-wayans","tag-tyriq-withers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}