187 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 16, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 20 | 4 | 95 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TMDB reviews * | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Critics, per Wikipedia
As of September 29, 2026, Buddy has grossed $27 million in the United States and Canada. The film made $2.2 million on its first day and debut grossing $5.4 million. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 138 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.0/10. The website's consensus reads: "Buddy weaponizes the cheery conventions of children's entertainment into an inventive, hilarious, and creepy descent into pop culture madness." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 67 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
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60 of 187 · most liked firstMe bottoming?! Buddy said "Take a load before I get there and I'll let you film me adding mine" 😈 I was very pregnant onlyfans.com/harlanz #gay
neutral · AI labelView post →I've noted elsewhere that the older I get the more I resemble a beloved film and television actor from the golden age of Hollywood, and that actor is Buddy Hackett
neutral · AI labelView post →‘BUDDY’ has opened with $5.3M domestically. • Biggest opening in 2026 for a movie playing on less than 1,800 screens • Second biggest opening in the distributor's 23-year history
neutral · AI labelView post →Buddy the Unicorn from ‘BUDDY’ was seen attacking movie theater employees in public.
neutral · AI labelView post →First poster for ‘BUDDY’, a new horror movie starring Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace and Michael Shannon. The film follows a girl and her friends who must escape a demented kids TV show. Read our review: bit.ly/BuddyDF
neutral · AI labelView post →Legendary Bluesman Buddy Guy on His Buzzy Movie Role in ‘Sinners’: ‘It’s a Dream Come True, to Be Honest… I Did It to Help the Blues’ Chicago’s own Buddy Guy Via Variety
neutral · AI labelView post →Buddy they made a fuckin Blue Beetle movie we’ve got Booster Gold and I dunno Plastic Man or some shit left and that’s it
neutral · AI labelView post →Blues great & Sinners cameo star Buddy Guy recently reflected on the movie & its impact on him & it’s just 🥹🥰 “This wasn’t just acting. This was telling a story that feels like home to me.” What a beautiful film of love & legacy Ryan has created 🫶🏾
neutral · AI labelView post →It is a folk horror, a musical, a resistance film. It seamlessly combines two very DIFFERENT rich ethnicities. And it has BUDDY GUY FFS.
neutral · AI labelView post →Here’s a preview of next week’s Buddy Bate! Buddy Bate is an ongoing series where I film myself camming with the bros and boys on @BateWorld. Closing in on emptying my balls, my verbal game goes off! Go watch more at justfor.fans/yournewdadxxx.
neutral · AI labelView post →BUDDY continues to be a massive win for original indie horror at the box office, with the film making more money in its second weekend of release than its debut weekend: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/396690...
neutral · AI labelView post →It was a bravura moment of political diplomacy for Mamdani, but of course, the #BrokenTimes must find an extremist to give it "mixed reviews." The #MamdaniVendetta continues. The Trump-Mamdani Buddy Movie? It’s Getting Mixed Reviews. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
neutral · AI labelView post →First look at ‘BUDDY’, a new horror movie starring Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace and Michael Shannon. The film follows a girl and her friends who must escape a demented kids TV show.
neutral · AI labelView post →Buddy, I tape multiple podcasts each week and will continue to do so despite a lack of magnetic film on the front side and a lack of iPods on the receiving end, and you can take that from my cold dead hands
neutral · AI labelView post →Buddy the Unicorn hosted a premiere for a new sing-along version of the ‘Buddy’ film 🦄 In theaters this weekend 🍿 #BuddyPartner
neutral · AI labelView post →Keegan-Michael Key voices a killer unicorn in ‘BUDDY’, a new horror film from the creator of ‘Too Many Cooks’ that follows a group of kids trapped inside a demented TV show. Find out more in our review... discussingfilm.net/2026/02/04/b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Buddy cop movie idea: One guy is three days from retirement, the other guy is two days from retirement.
neutral · AI labelView post →Buddy looks like he's supposed to be an extra from the movie Anchorman.
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Vertigo - MichaelFassbenderPerfection.gif Lethal Weapon - A Classic Shane Black Patented Buddy Buddy Banter Movie™ Excalibur - Glorious. 2nd watch in as many weeks. Must be alright. The Nice Guys - A Classic Shane Black Patented Buddy Buddy Banter Movie™
neutral · AI labelView post →Buddy cop movie where RFK Jr. is the villain
neutral · AI labelView post →Guitar legend Buddy Guy talks ‘Sinners’ cameo: “I did it to help the blues” www.nme.com/news/film/gu...
neutral · AI labelView post →(CW gore) Buddy wants a biiiiiig hug Fan art of the new horror movie Buddy
neutral · AI labelView post →Will Ferrell Dresses Up as Buddy the Elf With a Cigarette, Tells Reporter ‘It Was a Tough Holiday Season’ variety.com/2024/film/ne...
neutral · AI labelView post →Buddy was shooting stuff on his black and white film camera and naturally the only one of me that survived the night was me skulling a pint
neutral · AI labelView post →Love him or Hate him its a bit of both to me, Buddy here managed to make me feel uncomfortable but there are some moments in the film he gave me a good chuckle #Buddy2026 #Buddy #Buddytheunicorn #Horror #Fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching Buddy (2026)! 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Important note: The movie called "Buddy" that's currently in theaters is NOT the Jim Henson Pictures release starring Rene Russo and a lovable Creature Shop gorilla.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Buddy 🎬🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →two bags of popcorn for the movie “Buddy” (2026)
neutral · AI labelView post →Marvel should go back to making “genre film but with capes”. Like Spy Thriller with Capes, Heist Film with Capes, Buddy Travel Comedy with Capes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Worst. Buddy Movie. Ever.
negative · AI labelView post →Buddy cop movie
neutral · AI labelView post →BUDDY (2026) Streaming: October 13, 2026 PVOD (Apple, Amazon, Fandango, etc.) #BuddyMovie whentostream.com/casper-kelly...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello Popeye... Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle & Buddy "Cloudy" Russo exploded onto movie screens in THE FRENCH CONNECTION, OTD 10/7/1971. Raw & dirty thriller about narcotics in NYC, immortal chase sequences, sizzling & funny dialogue. Winner of 5 Oscars, including Picture & Gene Hackman. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Best Buddy movie ever
neutral · AI labelView post →finally watched Buddy tonight that was a fuckin TRIP it was a damn good movie but it also fuckin destroyed me
positive · AI labelView post →Buddy I am a weird film guy
neutral · AI labelView post →A few of my pals on here who know my taste pretty well recommended this. Plus, I was already intrigued by the tiny bit I read about the plot. Let’s see 🦄 #NW Buddy (2026) 🎬 #100HorrorMoviesin92Days
neutral · AI labelView post →Buddy you have the wrong film here
neutral · AI labelView post →spooky movie night! Buddy
neutral · AI labelView post →If you told me a year ago that a low budget film that I was about to work on was going to be so popular that a sing-a-long version would come out, I would’ve thought you were crazy. And here we are 🤣 Go experience BUDDY in theaters & sing loud & proud!
neutral · AI labelView post →while the children are gone home, Buddy looks prepared to get👌👈 with your 🍆. tbh I haven’t watched the film yet so yeah.
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie Buddy (2026) is coming out DIGITAL on Oct 13!!! 🔥 (I live in UK and they never did a cinema run and I excited to see this film SO MUCH!!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mil...
neutral · AI labelView post →She's the real star of the Buddy movie #buddytheunicorn #bettybunny #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →more buddy movie fanart. a pic of the monster form buddy turns into in the movie. not gonna lie, his monster form was kind of badass. #buddy #monster
neutral · AI labelView post →Specifically rn watching someone talk about the themes of predatory behavior in the movie Buddy and it's like YES. CONGRATS. THAT IS THE POINT. YOU RECEIVED THE MESSAGE OF THE MOVIE. "A" FOR "AVERAGE".
neutral · AI labelView post →Buddy got Resting 80s Movie Bully Face
neutral · AI labelView post →October 5, 1961: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" film, based on the novella by Truman Capote, directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, and Buddy Ebsen, premieres.
neutral · AI labelView post →I have seen the Buddy film
neutral · AI labelView post →At last! Buddy is on the Internet Archive. And I think I know just the film to pair it with. archive.org/details/budd...
neutral · AI labelView post →I beg you all to go and watch the movie Buddy..... just go in blind
positive · AI labelView post →Loved this movie #buddy #buddytheunicorn #unicorn #cartoon #buddymovie #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →Casper Kelly made Too Many Cooks go viral, then quietly filmed an Adult Swim Yule Log without telling Warner Bros. His new film BUDDY makes you sit through 30 min of a kids' show before the horror starts. Distributors passed — too weird. Opened to $5.3M, nearly double estimates. #scriptsky
neutral · AI labelView post →i saw Buddy 2026 this week and it was REALLY good, so much better than i was expecting from a mascot horror film. Keegan Michael Key has the Barney laugh down pat
positive · AI labelView post →Someone shared the full Buddy movie on YouTube and it's in HD quality, but the subtitles are totally fucked... I really wanna watch this movie though.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished watching Buddy (Horror Movie) for the first time and omg I never thought I would enjoy a horror movie EVER xD
positive · AI labelView post →IF You Don’t have a Walk About Partner, a Movie Night Pop Corn Buddy, a Nap Time Snuggler… WELL YOU ARE MISSING LIFE & THIS BUBBA !!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Since V/H/S/MIXTAPE hits @shudder.com on Friday, this week's Horrorverse theme is ANTHOLOGY HORROR! -news about BUDDY, THE EXOCIST: MARTYRS and more [email protected]'s 📚 recs -trailers/reviews for ERIE, POSTMORTEM, V/H/S/MIXTAPE -latest @macabredaily.bsky.social headlines & more Subscribe 👇
neutral · AI labelView post →"Fai is xyz actually true" BUDDY YES YOU DONT EVEN HAVE TO ASK EVERYTHING IN THE FILM IS ACCURATE THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT ITS LIKE TO LIVE HERE. MOST OF US HAVE ASWANG STORIES LMAO. ALSO YES WE DISPLAY TARPAULINS OF PEOPLES' FACES AT PARTIES, AND WE ALL HAVE THE SAME FUCKASS JESUS IN OUR HOMES. NEXT
neutral · AI labelView post →Just saw “Buddy.” My spoiler-free review: 10/10 no notes. This is legitimately one of my favorite movies now. Holy cow. Such a well done concept. Amazing. Fucking loved it! #Buddy #Movies
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