Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Universal Pictures | Release Date: August 1, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 54 Critic Reviews
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30
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21
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3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
CineVueChristopher MachellAug 5, 2019
Despite its lunkish, ludicrous – and frankly cynical – qualities, this entry retains much of the appeal of previous entries. Read full review
60
VoxAja RomanoAug 1, 2019
With Hobbs & Shaw, the quirky “James Bond as a fun Disney movie” formula that brought this franchise its legions of fans finally begins to feel tired. Read full review
60
SlateSam AdamsJul 31, 2019
Hobbs & Shaw is a ridiculous movie, and sometimes it’s in the best way. I laughed at the audacity of its stunts, while shaking my head a little bit at their silliness. But I also despaired a little bit when I checked the time at what felt like it might be the climax and discovered there was still an hour to go. Read full review
60
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 31, 2019
Whatever this is, it’s not a movie — it’s a product more deserving of a road test than a review. Read full review
60
Total FilmJames MottramJul 31, 2019
Testosterone, muscles, action, guns and cars… it’s Fast & Furious business as usual. Could be tighter, mind, and the constant dick-measuring gets a little wearying. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 31, 2019
Some enjoyable stuff, although a slightly weird deployment of Jim Croce’s bittersweet song Time in a Bottle at the film’s beginning and end – perhaps inspired by its use for Quicksilver’s slo-mo scene in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Read full review
60
ScreenCrushMatt SingerJul 31, 2019
Hobbs & Shaw is the movie version of a replacement-level player. It is adequate, but not exceptional. It’s the baseline version of what one of these movies should be, now that they’re not about undercover cops chasing thieves anymore. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJul 31, 2019
Between epic bouts of bickering, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham save the world in an offshoot that gets the job done. Read full review
56
Paste MagazineDom SinacolaAug 1, 2019
Compared to the eight films preceding it, the mindlessness of Hobbs & Shaw isn’t a sign of humble poptimist genius, just of something less than what it could have been. Read full review
55
CNNBrian LowryJul 31, 2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is an awfully long-winded title for a movie with roughly the same plot as the 1989 squabbling buddy vehicle "Tango & Cash," only with bigger -- well, pretty much everything -- and better special effects. Read full review
55
Vanity FairRichard LawsonJul 31, 2019
Though some zesty flair has been added—particularly a new heroine—this hyper-aggro spin-off of a beloved franchise over does it while under-delivering. Read full review
50
The New York TimesWesley MorrisAug 1, 2019
The whole thing just makes me miss how horny and violent movies used to be. Here, all the violence is sex. Only, it’s not. It’s just winking. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternAug 1, 2019
The action is impressive and the stars are personally as well as gladiatorially appealing, but the filmmakers seem to have shot the treatment instead of the script, or never bothered with a script. Read full review
50
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiAug 1, 2019
The Rock is funny and charismatic in “Hobbs & Shaw,” and his bro chemistry with co-star Jason Statham is a joy. The pair slinging vicious insults at each other is almost vaudevillian — it would make a decent live tour. And then there’s the rest of the movie. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleJul 31, 2019
When director David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2) eases up a bit on the self-satisfied action beats  – Hobbs and Shaw spent almost every fight sequence jockeying for literal or metaphorical position  – the film finds exciting ways to lean into Johnson’s larger-than-life physique. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJul 31, 2019
Yes, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is extremely silly. For its first 30 or so minutes, it also manages to be fun. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelJul 31, 2019
There’s a fine line between homage and rip-off, between a clever mashup and a messy pileup of tired tropes. But, much like a rainbow, where that line appears is in the eye of the beholder. Read full review
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Screen DailyTim GriersonJul 31, 2019
The Fast & Furious movies always possess a certain amount of eye-rolling histrionics, but Kirby finds just the right mix of sincerity and snark, understanding that these films are meant to be knowingly ridiculous. Read full review
50
TimeStephanie ZacharekJul 31, 2019
Somewhere around the midpoint of Hobbs & Shaw, the action sequences become so elaborate that they start to weigh the movie down; it becomes less a lean machine than an unwieldy, chubby sausage. And even if you feel certain there’s no such thing as too much action, you surely know when you’ve had too much sausage. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 31, 2019
But through all the excess, the schmaltz, the digitally-augmented fights and the practically all-digital car chases and stunts, the marvelous cast keep “Hobbs & Shaw” from totally stalling out. Call it a bad movie you can’t help but laugh at, and with, and get the extra large popcorn. You’re going to need it. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Simran HansAug 4, 2019
Sometimes there is pleasure to be found in brainless action, but the extended video game-style finale left me furious and fatigued. Read full review
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