Kung Fu Hustle Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 15 Critic Reviews
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The Hollywood Reporter | Andrew SunAdd Critic to Favorites

With a delirious mix of the sublime and the silly, Hong Kong comedy king Stephen Chow Sing-chi has taken the kung fu comedy genre to new heights of chop-socky hilarity.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

All of Kung Fu Hustle is like that: You don't just watch it, you ride with it, laughing all the way.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Carina ChocanoAdd Critic to Favorites

Brilliantly choreographed and shot, Kung Fu Hustle is often grisly, visually spectacular and unabashedly silly, sometimes all at once.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

It won't be long before you feel the compulsion to watch again. There is too much to appreciate in one sitting.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha RobinsonAdd Critic to Favorites

Its crowd-pleasing, action-packed brand of frenetic parody promises to spread Chow's mythos even further.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

Like a meal prepared by an extreme chef, ''Hustle" is more than a bit of a mess. It still tastes like nothing you've ever had before.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

This is the kind of movie where you laugh occasionally and have a silly grin most of the rest of the time.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites

Vivid and madcap but fails to connect on any emotional level.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Hustle's approach to a simple good-vs.-evil plot is eccentrically exuberant.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Does the plot spin out of control? You bet. But dumb fun this smart is a gift.Read the full review

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