Piranha 3D

It plays better than it reviews — the watch lands harder than the write-ups suggest.

• “Ups the self-parody so much that it's practically a Wayans Brothers spoof, albeit with fewer jokes.”

  Leslie Felperin, Variety · 60

• “Piranha 3DD is overcrowded and pointlessly mean. The stunt casting of David Hasselhoff playing himself, riffing off his infamous 2007 drunken home video, gets in the way of the storyline.”

  Stephen Cole, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) · 50

• “"Welcome to rock bottom!" sighs Hasselhoff at one stage, pretty much summing up this textbook exercise in sloppy seconds. Here's hoping the piranhas have a better agent than he does.”

  Neil Smith, Total Film · 40

• “It seems impossible that a sequel to a movie as ridiculous as "Piranha 3D" could disappoint but Piranha 3DD stops at mediocre before arriving at gloriously bad.”

  Todd Gilchrist, Boxoffice Magazine · 40

• “The best part of Piranha 3DD, the pointless sequel to the utterly unnecessary 2010 remake of Piranha, is the credits. Not only do they signify that the film is finally, mercifully over, but they also allow for David Hasselhoff to sing the theme song to a new fake TV series called The Fish Hunter, a clever meta-gag that nods both to Baywatch and the Hoff's international recording success.”

  Kyle Anderson, Entertainment Weekly · 33