On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a score so low it is often listed in the "0% club" (depending on counting methodology). The consensus was brutal. Critics lambasted the film for its "aggressive misogyny," "paper-thin plot," and "reliance on stereotypes that were tired in the 1990s."
"We’re hiding under a table at the biggest party in the city, we’re about to be deported, and you’re still wearing one shoe," Duncan wheezed. "It’s exactly what we deserved." Laid in America
Chad dragged him. “It’s a cultural imperative,” he said, shoving a red plastic cup into Zayn’s hand. The party was in a mansion off-campus, throbbing with bass and the smell of fake fog. Bodies moved in costumes: pirates, nurses, a terrifyingly realistic Slenderman. Zayn wore his regular jeans and a henley. He felt like a passport photo at a carnival. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds
KSI (Duncan) and Caspar Lee (Jack) provide the central chemistry, with reviewers noting the film feels like a modern fusion of American Pie and The Inbetweeners . "It’s exactly what we deserved
Laid in America. Not conquered. Not claimed. But held. And that, he decided, was the real thing.