The Fast and the Furious (2001) Critic Reviews

Shrewdly conceived, confidently executed and outrageously entertaining.Read the full review

Along with the cast's charm, they provide enough fuel for a fun one (movie).Read the full review

The result is an intensely involving entertainment that can be enjoyed by viewers who scarcely know how their own cars work.Read the full review

A gritty and gratifying cheap thrill, Rob Cohen's high-octane hot-car meller is a true rarity these days, a really good exploitationer, the sort of thing that would rule at drive-ins if they still existed.Read the full review

Turbo-charged wallbanger with the IQ of a tire iron. But it jumps off the screen with the mindless panache of a good bad movie.Read the full review

Not a great movie, but it delivers what it promises to deliver, and knows that a chase scene is supposed to be about something more than special effects.Read the full review

Something special about it. It's a formula movie, to be sure, but it's Formula One.Read the full review

High-grade B flick about illegal street racing among gangs in Los Angeles applies the brakes only for the bare minimum of plot injection.Read the full review

Fearless as these racers are, it's hard to muster enthusiasm for a movie that plays chicken and then swerves about a mile before the collision.Read the full review