1 0 . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁On ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁an ▁appro val ▁rating ▁of ▁ 9 % ▁based ▁on ▁ 1 4 8 ▁reviews ▁and ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 3 . 4 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads , ▁" As ▁star - stud ded ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁heart bre aking ly ▁lazy , ▁Little ▁F ock ers ▁takes ▁the ▁top - g ross ing ▁tr il ogy ▁to ▁embar rass ing ▁new ▁l ows ." ▁On ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 2 7 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁based ▁on ▁ 3 2 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" gener ally ▁unf avor able ▁reviews ". ▁Aud ien ces ▁pol led ▁by ▁Cinema Score ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁an ▁average ▁grade ▁of ▁" B − " ▁on ▁an ▁A + ▁to ▁F ▁scale . ▁ ▁On ▁each ▁website , ▁it ▁is ▁Stre is and ' s ▁lowest - r ated ▁film . ▁Empire ▁gave ▁two ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁five , ▁sum ming ▁up , ▁" there ▁are ▁in ev it ably ▁moments ▁when ▁Hoff man ▁or ▁Wilson ▁get ▁a ▁laugh , ▁but ▁on ▁the ▁whole , ▁it ’ s ▁the ▁same ▁again , ▁but ▁we aker ▁and ▁with ▁fewer ▁good ▁j okes ." ▁ ▁Stars ▁from ▁the ▁film ▁have ▁acknowled ged ▁critical ▁dis like ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁During ▁his ▁L if etime ▁Ach iev ement ▁Award ▁speech ▁at ▁the ▁Golden ▁G lob es ,