Metacritic Movie Ratings
Fast Five Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 83

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  High-octane trash, but you will go "Ohhhhhh!"

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• 80

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  In a free-for-all like this, where the laws of gravity and dictates of narrative logic are left to eat dust, it doesn't matter when anything takes place or why.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Big crashes, lithe women and roiling testosterone, not to mention the addition of The Rock as a fire-and-brimstone federal agent ? there's plenty to pull in the (mostly) young male audience.

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• 75

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Inventive action sequences, deft stunt work and breathtaking cinematography make for revved-up fun.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  What it all comes down to is a skillfully assembled 130 minutes at the movies, with actors capable of doing absurd things with straight faces, and action sequences that toy idly with the laws of physics.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey

  The sheer audacity of Fast Five is kind of breathtaking in a metal-twisting, death-defying, mission-implausible, B-movie-on-steroids kind of way. Not complaining, just saying.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Gets lots of mileage from a combination of high spirits, scorn for the laws of physics, readily renewable energy and an emphasis on family values-not those of the nuclear family, but of hell-raising, drag-racing outlaws who genuinely care for one another.

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