Hot Fuzz
Rogue Pictures | Release Date: April 20, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
36
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The good humor bubbles up from a deep reservoir of affection for Hollywood schlock. Read full review
100
TimeRichard Corliss
The best, surely the smartest, English-language movie of the year to date. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Everything an action-comedy should be. It achieves through parody what most films in the genre can't accomplish straight. Read full review
91
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
In addition to the marvelous lead cast, all sorts of funny performers show up in cameo roles, including Steve Coogan, Bill Nighy, and Timothy Dalton. Read full review
91
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
It's not hard to imagine these characters in a straight-faced Hollywood blockbuster. And that's the source of Hot Fuzz's genius, pointing out the thin line that separates convention from farce when Hollywood starts throwing its special effects around. Read full review
90
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
For most of its running time, it's an enjoyably unpretentious celebration of the guilty pleasure we can take from a stupid-as-all-get-out car chase or from watching things blow up real good. Then, in its final half hour, Wright and Pegg ratchet up the absurdity tenfold and enter the realm of the sublime. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Wright and Pegg are storytellers who weave their naughty bits into genuine characters and a plot. It's a ridiculous plot, but one that's absolutely in the spirit of the films they're satirizing. Read full review
90
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Summer hasn't arrived, but the funniest riff on a summer movie genre has already landed. Read full review
88
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
If you see Hot Fuzz, you'll never again watch a Michael Bay film without howling with disrespectful laughter. Read full review
88
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It's as laceratingly entertaining as its predecessor. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Pegg and Wright are armed with an endlessly impressive arsenal of attention grabbers, from witty editing tricks to a wry soundtrack and a joke-packed script that demands multiple viewings. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
In the very funny cop comedy Hot Fuzz, overachieving London police officer Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) commits a very British sin: He's too good. Read full review
83
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Hot Fuzz is something all too rare in movie comedies: a story rather than a string of disjointed skits, with hearty characters behind its caricatures. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It's smashing fun, nonetheless, made with razor wit and continual invention and far, far fresher than not only Hollywood buddy-cop movies but also Hollywood's own spoofs of them. Read full review
80
VarietyDerek Elley
A sustained genre parody that's equally funny but (maybe in deference to the genre) much more pumped up. Read full review
80
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
A British variation on Hollywood nonsense, and as such it's a little gloomier, a little coarser, and a lot more cerebral--oh, and funnier than all the "Reno 911!" boxed sets combined. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Since Mr. Wright and Mr. Pegg are essentially parodying self-parodies, they have also smartly kinked up their conceit by setting most of the film in a sleepy village that might as well be called Ye Old English Towne, thereby wedding one of the most irritating British exports to one of the most absurd American ones. Think of it as "The Full Monty" blown to smithereens. Read full review
80
EmpireOlly Richards
The boys (now in blue) have done it again. Read full review
80
SalonStephanie Zacharek
At once deeply affectionate and sharply observed: There's never anything smart-alecky about Wright's approach as a director. Read full review
80
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
The whole enterprise goes far beyond pastiche, wreathing its characters in a film-intoxicated world. Read full review
80
SlateDana Stevens
Really, do we need another dumb action movie to remind us how dumb action movies are?...Yes. We absolutely do. Read full review
80
Film ThreatFelix Vasquez, Jr.
The thrill of Hot Fuzz is the chemistry between Nicholas and local oaf Danny Butterman, who is an action film aficionado and finds Nicholas' stories utterly engrossing. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The most originally funny movie to hit U.S. screens in a while. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
A little too long and suffers from a sagging midsection when the level of exposition becomes laborious, but the spectacularly entertaining final 30 minutes compensates for a lot of flaws. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
It's a blast. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The best of it is a riot--a "Bad Boys II" fireball hurled with exquisite accuracy at a quaint English town peopled by Agatha Christie archetypes. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
With Hot Fuzz, you'll just have to settle for semi-hilarity. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle Smith
A real actioner, generous with the bullets and blood and chase scenes, that simultaneously mocks shoot-'em-ups. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Plays like two films in one, and succeeds on both levels. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It's to the "Lethal Weapon" movies what left-hand driving on a country lane is to a freeway chase: pokey, more than a little daft, but with a bloody surprise around every hedge. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
It's bloody carnage - or it's ketchup, or bolognese sauce, at the very least. Read full review
75
PremiereGlenn Kenny
Deeply nuts and exhaustingly hilarious. Read full review
70
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Hot Fuzz deploys the same mix of genre conventions, slapstick and old-school British humor that made "Shaun of the Dead" such a dumb-but-good romp. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Hot Fuzz is fun, and it's nice to see all the English character actors who aren't busy in Harry Potter films, but it lacks its predecessor's freshness. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Basically a one-joke movie, and they take their sweet time -- too much of it, actually -- getting to the good stuff. But what excellent laughs they provide in the end. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Though it's no "Monty Python," Hot Fuzz is a clever, over-the-top marriage of mayhem and merriment. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
All the action is staged with energy, but it gets relentless without anything really funny going on. Read full review
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