Driven
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: April 27, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
13
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Boston GlobeMichael Vega
When the film predictably limps across the finish line, you're left with the impression your time would have been better spent sitting in traffic.
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Whenever the tires stop screeching and the fenders slamming, the story lands in a brutal pile-up of cliches. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
May persuade you to identify not with race-car drivers but with race cars. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Mostly preposterous, and it has no dramatic center, but the racing scenes hold you in their death-trip grip. Read full review
40
Film.comTom Keogh
For Stallone, and his original script for Driven reflects a more mature, self-effacing perspective. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Harlin's skill compensates for a lot of narrative preposterousness, even it is overmatched this time around. Read full review
40
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
Stallone's script is well structured, though the jaw-droppingly banal dialogue gives us little reason to care. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
If all you want is sensory overload, hop in. Driven will get you there. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Driven is recommended only to those gentle souls who want to know what it looks like to crash into a wall at 200 mph. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Driven is in both its script and its execution a paint-by-numbers affair.
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
Even if his (Stallone) own star may be fading, the popularity of car racing is enormous. These fans are not likely to be disappointed by Driven. Read full review
42
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Between Stallone's soap opera of a script and Renny Harlin's speed-obsessed visuals, we're never really shown much more than fast cars and obsessed drivers. Read full review
40
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Director Renny Harlin has unfortunately adopted a let's-try-anything attitude that translates into a chaotic and unattractive visual style. Read full review
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