Consistent the whole way, however, is Cusack's thoroughly ridiculous performance, a weird melange of bad accent and worse hair, of affected actorliness that, like Cage's more disastrous work, doesn't contain quite enough of a wink to let the audience know that he's in on the mess. (theatlantic.com)
Matthew's book offers promises of authenticity, but what comes through in Justin Laythe's script and the casting choices — there are no recognizably Russian actors on screen and bad accents abound — is just a hollow caricature of Russia, wrapped up in a plot that's both overly convoluted and dull. (arcamax.com)
Simon Pegg and Anton Yelchin show up just long enough to mug for laughs with bad accents, while John Cho gets one brief set of lines just to remind everyone that Sulu exists. (moviemezzanine.com)