- Films
- 27
- Avg rating
- 6.18
- Peak run
- 2018’26
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a producer, films with 25+ votes
Kevin by the numbers
Average
6.18
26 rated films
Vote weighted
6.22
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.62
rating spread
Career
33y
1994 to 2026
Total votes
75.7K
across every film
Best
7.4
The Big Short
Worst
5.5
Batman Forever
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Thrash | 6.2 | 846 |
| 2025 | All the Empty Rooms | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2023 | Daniel | · | 6 |
| 2022 |  Fresh | 6.9 | 1,959 |
| 2021 |  Don't Look Up | 7.1 | 9,773 |
| 2018 |  Vice | 7.0 | 3,708 |
| 2018 |  Ibiza | 5.7 | 1,192 |
| 2016 |  Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | 6.0 | 5,522 |
| 2016 |  Masterminds | 5.8 | 1,907 |
| 2016 |  The Boss | 5.8 | 1,422 |
| 2015 |  Daddy's Home | 6.3 | 3,534 |
| 2015 |  The Big Short | 7.4 | 10,157 |
| 2015 |  Get Hard | 6.0 | 2,996 |
| 2014 |  Tammy | 5.3 | 1,304 |
| 2013 |  Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | 6.1 | 2,927 |
| 2013 |  Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | 6.1 | 7,257 |
| 2012 |  Jack Reacher | 6.7 | 7,915 |
| 2012 |  Casa de Mi Padre | 5.3 | 333 |
| 2010 |  The Other Guys | 6.3 | 4,736 |
| 2009 |  The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | 5.4 | 248 |
Takes
On Kevin J. Messick
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 2022Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 2019Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers