Jackpot” director Paul Feig hit back at those who criticize his Amazon Prime movie for purportedly lacking meaning in its premise. Speaking on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s on Me” podcast on Tuesday,

The acclaimed comedy director was Jesse Tyler Ferguson ‘s guest on the Dinner’s on Me podcast episode that was released Tuesday. During the chat, Feig shared that he loved making the Amazon MGM Studios feature that stars John Cena and Awkwafina, even if critics seemed to have mistaken expectations for what Jackpot! was aiming to accomplish.

Paul Feig appeared on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s on Me” podcast and spoke about the poor reviews from critics for his action-comedy film “Jackpot!,” starring Awkwafina and John Cena. "Now I can be happy because we've been the No.

Paul Feig wants critics to know that it’s OK for an action comedy to just…be an action comedy.