Dennis King Tulsa World Jul 8, 2014 1/4

A good portion of the film's stroll down memory lane attempts to recreate some of the Belushi-Dan Aykroyd SNL routines, and they look pale by comparison with the real things.

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Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune May 4, 2014 2/4

Given the impossibility of his assignment, Michael Chiklis doesn't do half badly as Belushi -- he`s clearly a better actor, though not necessarily a better comic, than the original -- but otherwise Wired can claim only camp value.

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Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune May 4, 2014 2.5/4

The result is a film that hedges its bets but still manages to portray the destructive power of drugs.

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Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer May 4, 2014 1.5/4

What you're left with is a vague portrait of the artist as the victim of too much, too soon.

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Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel May 4, 2014 2/5

You leave this movie unenlightened about who John Belushi really was, or why he abused himself so badly.

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Roger Hurlburt South Florida Sun-Sentinel May 4, 2014

Every time the film makes some sense, the sweaty and sleepless face of Belushi invades in close-up and we know it`s only a matter of time before director Peerce will make us privy to the comic`s needless death.

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Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times May 4, 2014

The crippling flaw in the film lies in its mix of surface daring and inner funk. Inside, it keeps flinching.

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Ralph Novak People Magazine May 4, 2014

The reenacted Saturday Night Live routines that made Belushi a star seem grim.

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John Marriott Radio Times May 4, 2014 1/5

This crude low-budget exploiter is one of the most grotesque character assassinations ever put on film.

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David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor May 4, 2014

The picture certainly succeeds at reproducing Belushi's manic energy and wired-up sensibility. But it fails to give any meaningful insights into a couple of issues that must be dealt with if his biography is to have any enduring value.

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Variety Staff Variety Mar 26, 2009

Relentlessly offputting.

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Mar 26, 2007 F

A profoundly trivial and tasteless affair.

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Brian Case Time Out Jan 26, 2006

Perhaps the worst thing about Wired is that it is totally unfunny.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 27, 2005 2/5

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Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat Apr 4, 2004 0/5

One of the all-time worst. An offense.

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Film4 Staff Film4 May 24, 2003

It neither works as a tribute to the great man, nor as an exposé of his outrageous life.

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Vincent Canby New York Times May 20, 2003

It's not only that [Chiklis] seems too young, but also that he simply hasn't any idea of what it's like to scrape the bottom of life's barrel.

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Dan Lybarger Nitrate Online Jan 23, 2003 0/5

Chiklis has atoned for his sins here with later roles. This Belushi biopic is monotonous and even racist (Belushi's inept guardian angel is Puerto Rican cab driver).

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James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette Jan 9, 2003 0/5

The word that comes to mind is 'ghastly'

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Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Jul 26, 2002 1/5

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