On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 63% based on 138 reviews, with an average rating of 5.90/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A wacky satire on the fashion industry, "Zoolander" is one of those deliberately dumb comedies that can deliver genuine laughs." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.