Lauren Bradshaw Fangirl Freakout Nov 5, 2021 D+

Harrelson and Dern's performances inevitably outshine their source material, as the film's sloppy third act will leave you with a bad taste in your mouth.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Aug 17, 2021 2/4

Harrelson, who over the last decade has built himself up into one of our best supporting players, is just fine as Wilson. There's no doubt the actor would have taken the character to greater extremes, but that's not what's asked of him.

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Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review May 6, 2020

Wilson has more than a handful of solid moments, but they are peppered between fairly stock observations about the way the world works, and how everybody tends to screw everybody else when given the chance.

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Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net Mar 13, 2019 B+

Great performances by Laura Dern and Woody Harrelson make it a heart-warming experience.

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Rachel Brook One Room With A View Mar 2, 2019 2/5

Wilson has been a long time coming yet sadly it's a disappointment.

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Louisa Moore Screen Zealots Dec 20, 2018 4/5

There's a certain brand of strange to this story and film, but it's well done and oddly touching.

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James Clay Fresh Fiction Dec 12, 2018 D+

Director Craig Johnson and screenwriter Daniel Clowes get so caught up in the quirks of their lead character that they forget to build the film around the central character.

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Sean Mulvihill FanboyNation.com Oct 31, 2018 4/5

Much likes its eponymous character, Wilson isn't out to please everybody and is willing to push that just a little bit further and further in unexpected directions as it goes.

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Alexa Dalby Dog and Wolf Oct 24, 2018 3/5

Wilson ends up being more enjoyable than you might have expected.

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Rendy Jones Rendy Reviews Aug 30, 2018 2/5

With an annoyingly unlikable central character and middle of the road humor throughout, "Wilson" is an irritating comedy that is nowhere near as funny as the source material.

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Pat Padua DCist Aug 29, 2018

It's hard not to think that [Daniel Clowes] holds his creations, and the whole human race, in smug contempt, but Harrelson brings a blankly sad two-dimensional character to fully fleshed-out life.

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Glenn Heath Jr. San Diego CityBeat Aug 21, 2018

Lacking in story and stakes, Wilson doesn't leave much of an impression beyond Harrelson's charismatic grousing. It's got plenty of heart but no soul.

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Mae Abdulbaki Punch Drunk Critics Aug 14, 2018 2.5/5

Wilson ultimately feels incomplete and lacks fluidity. It misfires and derails without really getting to any particular point and loses a lot of momentum because of it.

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today Jan 29, 2018 2/4

Ultimate misfire though it may be, at least it's an artistically ambitious one, almost deserving of another half-star rating. Almost ...

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Rochelle Bassarear Pasadena Weekly Dec 28, 2017 C

Weak plotting leaves Wilson's Woody Harrelson and ace supporting cast stuck in neutral.

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Al Hoff Pittsburgh City Paper Dec 19, 2017

... Harrelson and Dern, even when portraying total screw-ups, are such winning actors they bring a fair amount of effervescence to the work.

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Michael A. Smith MediaMikes Oct 29, 2017 3/5

Carried along by a brilliant performance by Woody Harrelson, "Wilson" is based on the very dark graphic novel by Daniel Clowes.

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tt stern-enzi Cincinnati CityBeat Sep 12, 2017 B+

Woody Harrelson surrenders fully to whatever traits have been defined on the page, never simply reading the scripted lines.

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M. Faust The Public (Buffalo) Sep 12, 2017

While the story takes him to some dark places, Clowes and director Craig Johnson (The Skeleton Twins) keep the film from becoming too grim.

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Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Aug 23, 2017

Mildly funny and ultimately able to find some pathos, Wilson nonetheless proves a dull entry into the world of downbeat literature that Clowes helped create with Ghost World

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