Metacritic Movie Ratings
Drive Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Few actors working today could make emotional sense of such a protean character, but Ryan Gosling does so with calm authority. He's a formidable presence in a film that grabs your gaze and won't let go except for moments when you can't help but look away.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The entire film, in fact, seems much more real than the usual action-crime-chase concoctions we've grown tired of. Here is a movie with respect for writing, acting and craft. It has respect for knowledgable moviegoers.

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• 88

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The look is artfully stylized, influenced by classic film noir; the mood is dark; the performances nuanced; and the story unnervingly exciting.

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• 88

  out of 100

  ReelViewsJames Berardinelli

  From the beginning, it's clear this is not a standard-order action film. It takes its characters as seriously as its chases, shootouts, and fights.

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• 83

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Among Gosling's many star-making qualities is his nuanced mastery, since "The Believer," of a facial expression of infinitely adaptable, imperturbable, sustained calm that can read as chilling or ardent, hard or soft, as the role demands.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Variety

  Starring Ryan Gosling as a Hollywood stuntman/getaway driver, Drive takes the tired heist-gone-bad genre out for a spin, delivering fresh guilty-pleasure thrills in the process.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy

  So it's a fun, if not exhilarating, ride, one sped along with the help of a wonderfully assembled cast.

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• 60

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  Drive is a Los Angeles neo-noir, a neon-lit crime story made with lots of visual style. It's a film in love with both traditional noir mythology and ultra-modern violence, a combination that is not ideal.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  The virtuosity on display is also the director's, of course, and that, for better and for worse, is pretty much the point of Drive, the coolest movie around and therefore the latest proof that cool is never cool enough.

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