Pizza Movie (2026) Review
Sometimes you just want to turn your brain off and watch something dumb, and Pizza Movie is certainly that.
Pizza Movie is loud, weird, and completely unbothered about who it loses along the way.
Plot
Michael, a pizza delivery boy, lives with Anu, an aspiring horror fiction writer. One day, while delivering food, he goes to a bungalow where mysterious events begin to take place.
Good Points
Full commitment
The two leads
Unpredictable structure
Energetic pacing
Confident tone
Bad Points
Some jokes are stretched way too thin
Some characters can feel one-note
Certain ideas don’t land well
My Thoughts On Pizza Movie
It goes full throttle
Pizza Movie throws you straight into its tone, so within minutes you know exactly what kind of film this is going to be and whether it will be for you or not, where it just commits to being as loud and strange as possible right out of the gate.
Which I kind of liked, as many comedies in this space try to balance things and try to make them more than they need to be - I mean, it’s a comedy, get straight to it and commit to what you want to do.
And Pizza Movie certainly does that.
Every step tries to outdo the last
The film follows a “being high” concept, and where most films treat it like a visual gimmick, this one treats it more like escalation, where each phase pushes things further.
It genuinely felt like they kept asking, “what’s the dumbest thing we can do next?” and then actually doing it, and I’d be lying if I said a lot worked, but when it did, it worked well enough in a very dumb kind of way.
But the film never stalls, because it keeps throwing ideas at you whether you’re ready or not, and that constant motion stops it from ever feeling too flat - you know its a kind of dumb movie, but you will keep watching regardless.
Not one person is holding back here either - no one’s trying to play it straight or distance themselves from the material - and everyone meets the tone exactly where it is, which is the only reason it works as well as it does, when it does.
If even one performance felt half-hearted, the whole thing would collapse, and even the supporting cast adds to the energy, where we get a lot of recognisable faces, especially if you’ve spent time around online comedy, so there’s a small bit of enjoyment in spotting them as they show up.
It plays with structure
Once the core idea is in place, the path is pretty clear within the film, and it’s certainly not trying to trick you with the destination.
What it does do though is mess with how it gets there - random detours, strange logic, moments that feel like the film itself is changing the rules just because it can, and that unpredictability does certainly help carry it at times.
Some jokes don’t know when to stop
There are a few running gags that should’ve been one-and-done moments but keep coming back like they’re stronger than they are - spoiler alert, they’re not - and every time the film returns to them, you can feel the energy just falter and hear yourself sigh.
The whole thing though is almost a cartoon version of reality, which means you’re not actually connecting with the characters in any way - you’re watching them, laughing at them, but you’re not invested beyond the moment - so when the jokes do fall flat, or become repetitive, it really spoils a lot of what it is trying to achieve.
And there’s a point near the end where it probably should’ve held back, but it goes all in on something that would’ve been stronger if it had stayed implied.
All the humour potrayed in the film sits in that awkward middle space, you know, when it works it works well, and when it doesn’t, you’re just waiting for the next idea.
But the film is consistently doing something, and this is very much a “your mileage may vary” kind of film.
For me, it was a watchable enough dumb movie that had its moments, and for these kind of films, sometimes that is enough.
Final Verdict
Chaotic, uneven, and fully committed - not everything lands - but it never plays it too safe.
Worth a one time watch when you just want to sit back and not want to think too much.
Trailer
Directed and written by - Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher.
Cast - Gaten Matarazzo, Sean Giambrone, Lulu Wilson, Jack Martin, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Marcus Scribner, Caleb Hearon, Sarah Sherman, Justin Cooley and Daniel Radcliffe.
Cinematography - Bella Gonzales
Running time - 97 minutes