Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 11, 2025 2/5

An assuredly absurd cinematic experience, but its formula wears out its welcome relatively quickly.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Jul 31, 2023 0/4

If the answer to Hollywood’s lacking creativity is Rubber, then I’d gladly watch a few more formulaic genre movies in its place.

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Emma Wolfe SpookyAstronauts May 19, 2021 3/10

The fact that the movie lacks any storyline at all kind of downfalls the whole thing.

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Ed Travis Hollywood Jesus Apr 9, 2020

Sometimes, life has no reason... and then the movie about a malevolent telekinetic tire gets into full swing. Fun times!

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Jason Anderson Cinema Scope Sep 28, 2017

In the hands of nearly any other filmmaker, the result probably wouldn't match the standards expected even by the least discerning Troma Studio devotee.

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Violet Lucca The L Magazine Jun 7, 2016

Rubber may not be everyone's comedic go-to, but certainly it's a sui generis indie that doesn't portend to be anything more than its 86 minutes.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 14, 2016 C+

It offers a lame one-joke premise.

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Chase Whale Gordon and the Whale Aug 28, 2013

The greatest meta movie about a killer tire ever made.

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Amy Curtis We Got This Covered Jul 24, 2013 8/10

The killer tire concept is great and the bizarre humor works very well, making this a wholly enjoyable film.

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Will Leitch Deadspin Jun 23, 2013 D

This is a movie about how watching movies is stupid.

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Ali Gray TheShiznit.co.uk Sep 28, 2012 4/5

Rubber won't be everyone's cup of tea, but as curios go, it's among the more watchable movies about killer tyres you're likely to see this year.

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Andrew Kasch Dread Central Aug 10, 2011 3.5/5

Director Dupieux makes the most of his low budget with a wicked eye for the camera, and expertly timed gags, FX and performances make Rubber more art-house than Troma.

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Joey Nolfi Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jun 24, 2011 3/4

Rubber deserves praise (and a viewing) if only for its absurd spirit alone, but the film is probably best digested when applying its self-proclaimed "no reason" logic to understanding it as a whole.

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Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com May 27, 2011 B+

The 82-minute film feels a bit stretched, but not as much as you'd expect with a premise this odd.

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Walter Chaw Film Freak Central May 24, 2011 0.5/4

a hipster movie, affectedly exhausted and cocksure with no justification for it. And like anything hipster, you sort of want to kick it in the teeth.

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Beth Accomando KPBS.org May 21, 2011 6/10

The result is something akin to Luis Bunuel or Samuel Beckett making a 70s exploitation film.

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Mike Scott Times-Picayune May 13, 2011 2.5/4

Audicious and wonderfully offbeat ... it's a fun one to talk about -- if only for the opportunity to shake your head in amused disbelief at what you just saw.

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Grae Drake Movies.com May 13, 2011 3.5/5

This movie is totally fantastic.

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Keith Cohen Entertainment Spectrum May 7, 2011 2/4

The amplified sound effects and the remarkable mobility displayed by Bob without resorting to computer-enhanced special effects are the film's greatest strengths. If you have 82 minutes to kill, you may derive a...

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Bill Goodykoontz Arizona Republic May 5, 2011 3.5/5

Your enjoyment of French filmmaker Quentin's Dupieux's movie depends in large part on your capacity to enjoy the absurd. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

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