The Chaperone

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After serving time in the slammer for driving the getaway car in an attempted bank robbery, Ray Bradstone (professional wrestling star Paul Levesque -- better known as Triple H) is a reformed family man who wants to chaperone his daughter's class trip. But some bad guys (Kevin Corrigan and Kevin Rankin) from his past have other plans. Can Ray outwit these nitwits while keeping himself and his daughter (Ariel Winter) safe from harm?
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Netflix Rating: 3.8
NYT Review: In “The Chaperone" the professional wrestler Triple H stars as a former thug, now gentle giant, who wants to be part of his daughter’s life. Read the review
Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten 25%: No consensus yet.
Fresh: 4 Rotten: 12 Rotten Tomatoes page
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics: A lightweight comedy aimed, presumably, at tweeners and fans of World Wrestling Entertainment full review

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times

"The Chaperone" is dreadful enough to make you wish Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was still making family movies. full review

Lou Lumenick, New York Post

Presumably there's an audience out there for old-fashioned, poorly written, unevenly thesped, family-friendly tales of redemption starring beefy wrestlers and a bunch of kids, but it's difficult to imagine who. full review

Ronnie Scheib, Variety

This lame WWE produced family comedy isn't likely to turn wrestling star Paul "Triple H" Levesque into a household name. full review

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

Like last year's "Legendary" and "Knucklehead," which didn't exactly slam moviegoers to the mat with their entertainment chops, this haphazardly clichéd comedy-drama about redemption similarly suffers. full review

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

As funny as these guys can be when they work themselves into a purple-faced rage yelling at the TV camera, none of the current generation of wrestler-actors seem to have the charisma or comic gifts of a Hulk Hogan or Dwayne Johnson. full review

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

As long as the poker-faced "Triple H" is the centerpiece, The Chaperone is not without moments of genuine sweetness. Best of all, he is the most unpretentious and least flamboyant human juggernaut to ever hit the screen. full review

Rex Reed, New York Observer

You get a bargain two high-concepts for the price of one in this amiably lame offering from Stephen Herek. full review

Ella Taylor, Village Voice