▁Has ▁F allen ▁both ▁times . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁ ▁On ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁the ▁film ▁holds ▁an ▁appro val ▁rating ▁of ▁ 8 0 % ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 3 7 ▁reviews ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 6 . 5 2 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁website ' s ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads , ▁" Good ▁Boys ▁is ▁und erm ined ▁by ▁an ▁e ag ern ess ▁to ▁repeatedly ▁indul ge ▁in ▁prof ane ▁humor , ▁but ▁its ▁appe aling ▁cast ▁and ▁ultimately ▁thought ful ▁message ▁often ▁sh ine ▁through ." ▁Met ac rit ic ▁collected ▁ 4 4 ▁reviews ▁and ▁ass essed ▁ 2 7 ▁as ▁positive , ▁ 1 4 ▁as ▁mixed , ▁and ▁ 3 ▁as ▁negative ; ▁it ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁weight ed ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 6 0 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁indicating ▁" m ixed ▁or ▁average ▁reviews ". ▁Aud ien ces ▁pol led ▁by ▁Cinema Score ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁an ▁average ▁grade ▁of ▁" B +" ▁on ▁an ▁A + ▁to ▁F ▁scale , ▁while ▁those ▁at ▁Post T rak ▁gave ▁it ▁an ▁overall ▁positive ▁score ▁of ▁ 8 3 % ▁and ▁a ▁ 6 1 % ▁" defin ite ▁recommend ." ▁ ▁Crit ic ▁Richard ▁Ro eper ▁of ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Sun - Times ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁rating ▁of ▁three ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁four , ▁who ▁commented ▁that ▁" for ▁all ▁its ▁w ack y , ▁gross - out , ▁shock - ya ▁humor , ▁Good ▁Boys ▁has