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Chill Factor
Warner Brothers
MPAA RATING: R for for violence and language
Starring
Cuba Gooding,
Jr.,
and
Skeet Ulrich
Ten years after a military operation named ?Elvis? goes wrong, a volatile weapon is entrusted to an ice cream truck driver (Gooding) and a drifter (Ulrich) who are determined to keep it cold and out of the wrong hands.
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Adventure
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Comedy
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Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Drew Gitlin
Mike Cheda
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Hugh Johnson
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 1, 2000
Video: February 1, 2000
Theatrical: September 1, 1999
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| RUNNING TIME: |
101 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
English |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Baltimore Sun
Milton Kent
It's the performances of Ulrich and Gooding, in particular, that lift Chill Factor out of the derivative. Gooding possesses so much boundless energy that he practically dares you not to care, not to get involved, not to root for his success.
75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
It's one of those movies that are unfortunately so technically well done, it's hard to tune out on the senseless story.
50
New York Daily News
Ron Givens
Most of the action revolves around Ulrich's character, and the center cannot hold our interest.
50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
There are a lot of logical gaps in this movie.
50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Neither (Gooding nor Ulrich) has the distincitve spark of an action hero, and their Butch and Sundance repartee falls so consistently flat that you end up feeling a little embarrassed for them.
50
New York Post
Rod Dreher
A ho-hummer of a "Speed" knockoff that will leave most audiences cold.
40
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The stunt work is pretty good, the brain work close to nonexistent.
40
Film.com
John Hartl
Instantly disposable ...Gooding appears tobe losing the momentum of his Jerry Maguire Oscar win two years ago.
40
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
A mechanically efficient chase-by-numbers movie.
40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
None of this is especially funny, nor is it particularly exhilarating; at best it's throwaway entertainment.
40
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
A movie that wants to be "Speed" so badly that it runs roughshod over the essentials, including a decent script.
40
Film.com
Sean Means
Isn't a bad action movie -- it's just an utterly forgettable one.
40
LA Weekly
F. X. Feeney
These bantering would-be heroes mostly live at the tops of their voices.
38
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
If you're the kind of person who goes to the movies primarily to watch faces melt to pulp, you won't be disappointed.
38
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
A substandard ebony-and-ivory buddy pic.
30
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Melts swiftly...don't expect a shred of credibility.
30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
An irredeemably transparent... DIRECT RIPPING OFF OF "SPEED."
30
Variety
Robert Koehler
Utterly lacking the drive and roller-coaster energy expected of top action pics, this latest try at repackaging "Speed" is a Kmart version of a Jerry Bruckheimer production.
28
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Skeet Ulrich continues to disappoint in one high-profile project after another.
25
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
This poor excuse for a thriller turns, with a great crunching of gears, into a mess of a buddy comedy. Either way, it misfires.
25
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
God-awful?Gooding screams out lines like ''I'm about to get in yo' ass like last year's underwear!''
25
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Gooding plays the worst role I've ever seen him play in a movie...he perpetuates a kind of black stereotype that should have become history years ago.
20
Newsweek
Jeremy Caplan
About as bad as it gets?a thrill-less "Speed" wannabe.
20
TNT RoughCut
Matt Kelsey
"Speed" with a thermometer, only a whole lot worse.
10
Dallas Observer
Andy Klein
As worthless a piece of garbage as we've seen this year.
 The average user rating for this movie is 6.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
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