Bait
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: September 15, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
16
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Miami HeraldCharles Savage
A competent but not extraordinary action-comedy.
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It's over the top, an exercise in action comedy that cuts loose from logic and enjoys itself. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
A genial and watchable film.
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
It's another slick-and-quick muscle car of a movie, racing along for a couple of hours, taking you nowhere as fast as it can.
60
VarietyDennis Harvey
A B movie in A-grade clothing. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
Though the film overall is as disposable as a hot dog, it is just as enjoyable. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
A perfectly competent, if undistinguished, action film that smoothes over all the most interesting bumps in the drama. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
It may be a dismal comedy thriller, but Antoine Fuqua's Bait has one piece of bait that's definitely appealing: Jamie Foxx. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Bait ends up seeming pretty wormy.
50
TNT RoughCutAndy Klein
It more or less makes sense and it's not dull -- more than can be said for many similar attempts.
50
Film.comSean Means
He's hilarious, but through the jokes, you get the sense Foxx knows he deserves better. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The comically tinged action is as lively as it is brainless, and it revels in violence a bit less eagerly than many thrillers of its ilk. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Has less substance and depth than its title.
50
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
It's long. Long movies almost always mean the audience member has time to think, and in this context that's not a good thing. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
Too much of nothing and far from the potentially star-making material that Foxx deserves.
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The action is difficult to follow. Read full review
40
Mr. ShowbizLarry Terenzi
Even Foxx's lively comedy is lost in the noise.
40
Film.comRobert Horton
The plot is convoluted. Read full review
40
Washington PostDesson Thomson
It's just respectable trash, and a dress rehearsal for better things ahead. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Foxx is a charmer, and he makes Alvin's unlikely evolution from relentless hustler to reasonably solid citizen believable, and even rather touching. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
One of those thriller-comedy combos that never get the balance quite right.
33
Entertainment WeeklySteve Daly
A tired action thriller determined to play the race card every which way for every which kind of viewer, seems hopelessly behind the curve. Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
So convoluted and half-assed it's tempting to dismiss it as unfinished; it feels like six different movies cut together by a blind editor. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
This comedy-thriller that has no particular motive for changing tones. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Bait equals bad. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
But what little humor there is in the movie becomes subservient to the grisly violence, gratuitous cruelty and ugly car chases.
20
Washington PostRita Kempley
Ought to be called "Hook, Line and Stinker." Read full review
10
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Why Mr. Foxx, who was so impressive in "Any Given Sunday," chose to make a movie so boring and idiotic that it barely meets minimal standards of lowest- common-denominator entertainment. Read full review
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