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Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 50% of 40 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's consensus reads: " Kingpin has its moments, but they're often offset by an eagerness to descend into vulgar mean-spiritedness." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B−" on a scale of A+ to F.