The Fast and the Furious (2001) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 13 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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Neither fast nor furious, this film belongs in the section of the supermarket where blah-white labels and big block lettering denote brandless cigarettes, vodka, crushed pineapple and, in this case, action picture.Read the full review
Along with the cast's charm, they provide enough fuel for a fun one (movie).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
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
Shrewdly conceived, confidently executed and outrageously entertaining.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
Something special about it. It's a formula movie, to be sure, but it's Formula One.Read the full review
Works hard to be exciting, but the movie scarcely lives up to its title. It could have used a bit of a fuel injection itself.Read the full review
Rob Cohen, who last directed "The Skulls" --ouch! -- can consider this one another career-killing skid mark.Read the full review
The Fast and the Furious is "Rebel Without a Cause" without a cause. The young and the restless with gas fumes. The quick and the dead with skid marks.Read the full review