F9: The Fast Saga
Universal Pictures | Release Date: June 25, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 54 Critic Reviews
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30
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The PlaylistDrew TaylorJun 3, 2021
It’s hard to argue with too many of the decisions considering what a fitfully entertaining and satisfying entry it really is. This is a movie stuffed (perhaps overstuffed) with moments that will make you gasp, giggle and applaud, whether this is your first “Fast and Furious” movie or you’re a longtime fan. Read full review
82
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJun 24, 2021
F9 is a welcome blast of fizzy action glee. You won’t come out of it a better or smarter person – quite possibly dumber! – but you will leave satisfied that your summer movie season wasn’t a completely life- and joy-less bore. Read full review
80
VoxAlissa WilkinsonJun 29, 2021
It might be the most perfect Hollywood summer blockbuster ever made. Not the best, mind you. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 25, 2021
This deafening fantasia of internal and external combustion delivers outrageous action spectacle magnificently divorced from the rules of narrative or gravity. . . . I think we can include Isaac Newton among the people who are getting their asses kicked here. Read full review
80
IGNKristy PuchkoJun 24, 2021
Justin Lin knows exactly what makes a great Fast & Furious movie. He’s directed several. For the latest, he re-teamed with cast and crew to allow this fantastic film series do what it does best. He delivers bold plot twists, grit-teethed gravitas, and out-of-this-world action to create the kind of cinematic spectacle that demands to be seen on the biggest screen with the loudest sound system possible. Read full review
75
ObserverOliver JonesJun 24, 2021
Even the film’s copious weaknesses are a reason to smile, taking us back to both the series’ B-movie roots and to less fraught periods in our lives. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 23, 2021
A movie can’t just be crazy, lest it go off a cliff and never land. It also needs a human core, and Diesel and Rodriguez are it. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesKatie WalshJun 23, 2021
In F9, bonkers on top of bonkers results in a truly delightful and vividly sensorial time at the movies. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJun 22, 2021
The action set-pieces are thrilling and intentionally hilarious, though the digital effects and compositing vary in quality. Read full review
75
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMay 18, 2021
For audiences who want their 2021 return to the multiplex to deliver big, loud, exciting action, F9 makes the cars go fast, jump high, and generally do the impossible. It’s exhilaratingly ridiculous, yes, but it’s also ridiculously exhilarating. Read full review
71
Paste MagazineJacob OllerJun 24, 2021
It’s not a great standalone entry into the Fast canon, but as the franchise speeds towards its finish line, it’s still satisfying to know that it’s in the hands of someone well-versed in the series’ strengths and still willing to imagine new ways to crash its toys into each other. Read full review
70
PolygonMatt PatchesJun 25, 2021
The bloat that makes this chapter unsuccessful has nothing to do with cartoon action — Lin gets it, and it’s often spectacular. It’s that, with Diesel’s Dom in the driver’s seat, F9 doesn’t choose a lane Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreJun 23, 2021
To watch director Justin Lin, who returned for F9 and the two subsequent films that will close the series out, wind things back to the start is to feel blessed relief that this improbably good gearhead daddy-issues opera may very well stick its landing. Read full review
70
UproxxMike RyanMay 25, 2021
As long as these movies keep their earnest, fun, ’90s action movie tone, there is no ridiculous plot point these movies could come up with I wouldn’t believe. By this point they’ve earned that. They are family. Read full review
70
Screen RantMolly FreemanMay 25, 2021
F9 returns to the heights of Lin's best Fast & Furious franchise films, combining big heart and bigger action while deepening its themes of family. Read full review
69
CNETRichard TrenholmOct 8, 2021
Fast! Furious! Family! Vroooommm! Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichJun 23, 2021
F9 sure sounds like a lot of fun. Why is it only a little fun? Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 24, 2021
While I wish the story and the banter had some snap (Groot had better dialogue, speaking of Vin Diesel movies), and while I wish the electromagnet-derived mayhem in F9 led to a truly magnetic movie, sometimes good enough is enough. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyJun 24, 2021
Usually loud and almost always ridiculous, F9 is action-packed enough to make your carburetors seize up. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineJake ColeJun 23, 2021
At its best, F9 delivers the most spatially coherent, dynamic car scenes in the series to date. Read full review
63
USA TodayBrian TruittJun 22, 2021
These movies are best when marrying James Bond high jinks with their longtime emphasis on the strength of family, plus a serving of macho philosophy on the side. F9 tries to goose that template exponentially with soap opera and a greatest-hits package to craft the ultimate "Fast and Furious" movie, instead succeeding at making one that's merely fine. Read full review
63
The Associated PressJake CoyleJun 22, 2021
Much of F9 is kind of a slog. There are some not very dynamic car chases, a lot of flashbacks, ho-hum villains and an oddly prominent role for magnets. But when Taj and Roman reach zero gravity, the movie finally takes flight with goofy grandeur. Read full review
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