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Gone in Sixty Seconds
Buena Vista Pictures


9.1

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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for violence, sexuality and language

Starring Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert Duvall, and Delroy Lindo

A man (Cage) and his crew must pull off one final "job" (stealing 100 cars) in order to save the life of his younger brother, who owes a debt to a criminal.

GENRE(S):	Crime
WRITTEN BY:	Scott Rosenberg
DIRECTED BY:	Dominic Sena
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: December 5, 2000 Video: December 5, 2000 Theatrical: June 9, 2000
RUNNING TIME:	117 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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...

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

One of the best of its streamlined, over-produced, double-clutch kind: a high-speed, slicker-than-slick car-chase movie with unexpected deposits of character and comedy.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

A film where suspense and exhilaration are incompatible, and a receding plot line is merely the platform for cars to fly through panes of glass.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Her star billing notwithstanding, Jolie has perhaps the ninth-largest part in the movie (behind seven humans and a dog), playing Cage's ex-girlfriend.

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

It's a pretty good ride even if it blatantly steals some of its best stunts from "American Graffiti" and "Grease."

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

I found it more pleasurable as a time waster than either "Mission: Impossible."

Mr. Showbiz Larry Terenzi

What does it say that we have a closer relationship with the car than with the characters? It says Bruckheimer.

The New York Times A.O. Scott

This new version is mindless hot-rodding fun, especially for those with a weakness for vintage cars hurtling down city streets, a group whose members include -- sigh -- me.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

A tepid disappointment that contains one mediocre chase scene and a lot of wasted talent.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

This is the kind of movie that ends up playing on the TV set over the bar in a better movie.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

The story is unbelievable and phenomenally silly, not a good combination.

Miami Herald Charles Savage

In the end, for all its auto-erotic flair, Gone in 60 Seconds is missing a money shot.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

This retread has been bloated far beyond its B-movie origins, beefed up with more characters and an all-star cast, stripped of any real suspense and loaded down with music cuts and one-liners aimed at pleasing a crowd of rowdy male teenagers.

Film.com Robert Horton

This film, a remake of a hapless 1974 cheapie of the same title, can't even get the big chase right.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

A product that will delight car junkies and drive cinephiles to swear off film until fall.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The car stunts are ridiculous, all lightning-fast editing and computer enhancement -- by the time action is this far removed from reality, who cares?

Salon.com Charles Taylor

A time-waster with some enjoyably empty zip.

Film.com Tom Keogh

So mired in his own ludicrous equation for contemporary action pictures that it's constantly stuck in first gear.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Interesting and idiotic elements almost exactly balance each other.

Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday

Brain-softener.

Time Richard Corliss

In this film we learn that it takes 8,000 lbs. of pressure to crush a car but only one credited screenwriter (Scott Rosenberg) to pound out such a lame script.

TNT RoughCut J. Rentilly

Does boast, as a major plot point, a dog's bowel movement. And things do go 'boom!' quite spectacularly and frequently enough to distract from the truth that there is virtually nothing going on in this whole movie that Nintendo hasn't done better.

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

It has a tendency to run ragged and spends an unhealthy amount of time idling pointlessly at intersections.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

There were moments when I thought Gone in 60 Seconds might be a passably entertaining movie. I figure those moments, strung end-to-end, would total 30 or 40 seconds.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

A 119-minute trailer.

LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

Written in 60 Seconds would be a more appropriate title.

Village Voice Dennis Lim

Doesn't just look and sound like a car commercial. It is a car commercial.

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

It's barely a movie at all, more like a thousand car commercials spliced together in an hour.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

I'll tell you what's gone in 60 seconds, all right: my attention.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Eventually, the senses jam and a mental lube job is in order.

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Proves a theory first advanced in the movie "Repo Man": The more you drive, the stupider you get.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

A mindless, cliche-riddled action-cartoon, a blur of metal and fire and screeching tires, with bad dialogue, cardboard characters and a volume set so high, it makes the Indianapolis 500 sound like chamber music.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

How did a dignified pro like Duvall get stuck in this fender-bender?

Boston Globe Jay Carr

The flat tire of summer movies.

Variety Editor

Perfectly dreadful in every respect.

The average user rating for this movie is 9.1 (out of 10) based on 23 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Chris P. gave it a9:
A good movie in retrospect.

Andrew M gave it a 4:
This film has moments of unreal, escapist fun... but seriously, what has become of taste in Hollywood? And if this is now how we define 'innovation' in filmmaking, I'll be looking for a new hobby soon! Fun? Occasionally. Cheap, superficial and immoral? Yes, yes, yes.

Steve M. gave it a 10:
Best movie i've ever seen.

[Anonymous] gave it a 10:
I loved the cars, and pretty much every scene of the movie was pure gold, possibly Cage's best role yet.

Pat C. gave it a 2:
OK, I can accept that I'm stupid, but if this movie is that good, why can't we all just become car thieves. In a lot of ways this is a well done film, but not good enough for me to lose my disgust over the portrayal of what these people do as cool.

Linx O. gave it a 10:
A lot of stupid reveiws from very stupid people. This movie is great, and don't forget the fact that just because you don't like cars (and you might be too patient or dumb to hot-wire one for the sake of a family member:) doesn't mean you should put a movie down.

[Anonymous] gave it a 10:
I love this movie! Whats not to like! Hot Cars Hot Characters!

Gone in Sixty Seconds Buena Vista Pictures

Gone in Sixty Seconds
Buena Vista Pictures