Kyle Smith (born 1966) is an American critic, novelist, and essayist. He is a former film critic for the New York Post. and is currently critic-at-large at National Review. A writer in Entertainment Weekly described Smith's film-reviewing style "an exercise in hilarious hostility." He has been dubbed "America's most cantankerous film critic" by The Atlantic magazine. Smith has also contributed to The Wall Street Journal, People, New York, The New York Times, Commentary and The Weekly Standard.