@POPCORN_CRITIC2026-01-16 23:00 UTC
Watched Parks and Recreation so you don't have to. You're welcome.
“This film is a war crime against cinema.”
— THE DEVIL TOMATO
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2009 · Comedy
Parks and Recreation
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED20%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 ROASTS REGISTERED
SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED26%
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ICE COLD · STRUCTURALLY PERFECT
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
CERTIFIED COOKED · 71–100%
An absolute cinematic disaster.
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.
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— THE DOSSIER
RELEASE DATE
2009
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Comedy
PLOT SUMMARY
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.
STARRING CAST
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@CREDITS_FLEE2026-01-23 13:00 UTC
Parks and Recreation put every joke in the trailer and then dared us to sit through the rest.
@RATIO_RAT2026-01-26 14:00 UTC
Even the popcorn looked bored during Parks and Recreation.
@REEL_DEAL2026-01-27 21:00 UTC
Parks and Recreation is what improv class warned you about.
— FROM THE WILD
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r/flicks · u/ExpositionDump🔥 2.7k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Parks and Recreation actually is?
Everyone praising the Parks and Recreation performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/criticalkino · u/ExpositionDump🔥 3.2k points
Unpopular opinion: Parks and Recreation is the most overrated film of the decade
Honestly, Parks and Recreation would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/boxoffice · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 3.2k points
The cinematography in Parks and Recreation is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Look, I wanted to love Parks and Recreation. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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