Avis Metacritic

A film becomes a comfort-food favorite because it moves along briskly, has a few solid gags, and maintains a distinct yet uniformly agreeable tone throughout. And the more memorably high-concept its plot, the better. Real Men falls squarely within this category.

Wearing its patent ridiculousness on its sleeve, this slight but generally agreeable comedy integrates the Airplane/Top Secret school of non-sequitur comedy into a less explicitly parodic buddy flick.

Real Men is a far-out farce about male bonding and role reversals that sinks under the weight of its own absurdity. [16 Jun 1988]

Real Men is too goofy for its own good, but not nearly funny enough. [21 Oct 1987, p.D5]

Non-existent direction, inane plot, inflated acting. [30 Sep 1987]