Furious 7
Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 3, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 50 Critic Reviews
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32
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15
Negative:
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallApr 3, 2015
Furious 7 is so entertaining that you don't notice Dwayne Johnson is missing from action much of the time, only that he kills it when he shows up. Read full review
91
HitfixDrew McWeenyMar 16, 2015
Plot is unimportant. Family is everything, and Furious 7 is a blast. Read full review
90
TimeRichard CorlissApr 1, 2015
It’s an enormous, steroidal blast, and as much ingenious fun as a blockbuster can be. Read full review
90
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekMar 31, 2015
For all the full-throttle dazzle of Furious 7, the best scenes are the quietest ones, in which these characters make observations about love, life, and family that would seem overcooked in any other movie. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonApr 3, 2015
Like Lee Daniels' hit TV drama “Empire,” Furious 7 is stuffed with situations that require go-for-broke absurdity, but even Daniels and his nighttime soap predecessor Aaron Spelling would pause before attempting the level of “get the f—k outta here!” style shenanigans director James Wan and writer Chris Morgan employ. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 2, 2015
Furious 7 is the best F&F by far, two hours of pure pow fueled by dedication and passionate heart. Read full review
83
ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerApr 16, 2017
Furious 7 is at turns a celebration and a farewell, a film that goes for broke in using its many seemingly forgettable bits of established canon to tie together all of the films and pay its respects. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerApr 1, 2015
The series will doubtless continue on with Diesel, Rodriguez, Johnson, and the rest, but in the meantime, Furious 7 comes to the most conclusive and emotionally satisfying ending since, fittingly, the very first film. Read full review
80
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoApr 16, 2017
Furious 7 is an in-your-face assault of awesomeness under the guidance of James Wan, who saves a more lax story by orchestrating a metallic ballet of kick-ass proportions. Read full review
80
The DissolveGenevieve KoskiApr 2, 2015
What makes Furious 7 a serious contender for the title of Fast franchise highlight—challenged only by 2011’s Fast Five and its unmatched vault-heist sequence—is the way it embraces the series’ most basic pleasures while amplifying everything tenfold. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyApr 1, 2015
Furious 7 is the fuel-injected fusion of all that is and ever has been good in "The Fast and the Furious" saga. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJacob HallMar 31, 2015
Furious 7 never even pretends to be a stand-alone movie. This is a fan event through and through, filled with references, inside jokes and a loyalty to continuity that may baffle newcomers. Read full review
80
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMar 31, 2015
If incoming director James Wan (“The Conjuring,” “Saw”) falls the tiniest bit short of what Justin Lin brought to the third, fifth and sixth entries, Furious 7 nonetheless ranks a very successful fourth place overall, with at least one gargantuan set piece that ranks among the series’ finest. Read full review
80
EmpireJames DyerMar 30, 2015
A group more bulletproof than The Avengers, causing more mayhem than General Zod. Think Universal doesn’t have a superhero franchise? Think again. Read full review
80
Total FilmJamie GrahamMar 25, 2015
Wan has fashioned a nitro-fuelled thrill-ride that forms a fitting tribute to its blue-eyed bro. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldApr 16, 2017
Having, presumably, run out of surfaces on the ground, the mad driving crew of Furious 7 resort to backing their cars off a plane and clutching their steering wheels while driving, er, falling through thin air. Why do they do this? Because it’s fun … to watch, that is. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerMolly EichelApr 3, 2015
It's all dumb, but it's wonderfully, comfortably dumb in just the right way. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTom RussoApr 2, 2015
Finally, a movie with at least some coherence despite its sadly challenging circumstances. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 2, 2015
Viewers who come for the spectacle will get their money's worth. Furious Seven is all about action, with some scenes being more inventive than others. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsApr 2, 2015
It's roughly as realistic as Georges Melies' "A Trip to the Moon," of course. But revisiting our old pals (one of whom is played by an actor who is no longer with us) and watching them survive one unsurvivable collision or plunge after another, continues against the odds to have a walloping charm all its own. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyApr 2, 2015
No one forks over 10 bucks to see one of these flicks for its logic. We go for the bananas demolition-derby mayhem. Furious 7 delivers that with the direct visceral rush of an EpiPen. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia PuigApr 1, 2015
Furious 7 offers edge-of-the-seat excitement with outlandish action sequences, inventive stunts, hilarious cartoonish moments and even some touching emotion. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 1, 2015
This is one of the most ridiculous thrillers I’ve ever seen, and yet even with a running time that stretched well beyond two hours, with so many repetitive moments I almost began to wonder if I had missed something and the movie had started again, I have to admit I was entertained by the sheer audacity of the car chases and battle sequences — and there were even some genuinely touching moments. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneMar 31, 2015
The film lays bare that the franchise's most radical asset is also its most conservative: an overriding emphasis on, above all else, the on-screen family. Read full review
70
ScreenCrushMatt SingerApr 16, 2017
Even though Walker is still present, his absence is already felt. It is strange to watch a movie that is this much fun and this sad all at the same time. Read full review
70
The New YorkerRichard BrodyApr 16, 2017
The director, James Wan, sends cars repeatedly airborne and seems himself to marvel at the results; the movie’s real subject is the stunt work, but its stars’ authentic chemistry lends melody to its relentless beat. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinApr 3, 2015
Furious 7 kicks the biggest and hardest, but it’s far from the best. Lin has handed the keys to James Wan, the cunning horror director of "Saw" and "The Conjuring," and though the thrill isn’t gone, the finesse is. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. ScottApr 1, 2015
There will no doubt be better movies released in 2015, but Furious 7 is an early favorite to win the prize for most picture. Read full review
70
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganMar 31, 2015
It’s joyous, it’s crazy – cars skydive out of aircraft in Azerbaijan, no less - it’s exhaustively long, and, still, it’s clunkily lovable. Read full review
70
VarietyScott FoundasMar 16, 2015
Furious 7 provides both a satisfying chapter in the movies’ preeminent gearhead soap opera and a tactful, touching memorial to Walker. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovApr 1, 2015
Furious 7 is, to put it succinctly, a rush and a half. Read full review
63
Washington PostJen ChaneyApr 2, 2015
Yes, the whole movie feels overstuffed and overlong, and the non-action scenes are often dragged down by stilted dialogue. But Furious 7 buzzes with a frenetic energy so contagious, there’s no sense in resisting it. Read full review
60
CineVueAllie GemmillApr 4, 2015
While it can feel, at times, a little too scattered (often in terms of plot), this is a praiseworthy venture. Its a film that knows its audience well enough to give them exactly what they demand and deserve after more than a decade of dedication. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternApr 2, 2015
In the wake of Walker’s death, it constitutes a farewell of fitting elegance. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottApr 2, 2015
Furious 7, formulaic or not, knows exactly what kind of movie it is. It is a superhero movie without the tights. It is a comic-book franchise without the radioactive spider bite. It is, plain and simple, an automotive "Avengers." Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonMar 25, 2015
The sheer sense of ludicrous, punch-the-air joie de vivre is impossibly infectious. Read full review
60
The GuardianCatherine ShoardMar 25, 2015
There’s something about the franchise’s earnest investment in its characters that’s quite unique. Its longevity is because it functions as much as a soap as an action flick. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMar 25, 2015
I’ve always enjoyed the idea of the Fast & Furious films more than their execution, but this feels like the series’ strongest, even though some of its action sequences are so muddled they can barely walk straight. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMar 16, 2015
A film that (whatever massive efforts were required to work around [Paul Walker's] absence) is as stupendously stupid and stupidly diverting as it could have hoped to be had everything gone as planned. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerApr 3, 2015
The only grace note in this otherwise determinedly graceless movie is the classy way Walker’s exit is handled. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianJeff BakerApr 2, 2015
There's too much head-butting between human battering rams Diesel and Jason Statham, too many noisy explosions and generic special effects, and not enough car races and chases. Read full review
58
The PlaylistCharlie SchmidlinMar 16, 2015
Cacophonous, gratuitous, and peppered with absolutely outstanding action sequences, Furious 7 finds the franchise at an unwanted crossroads, but it makes such a play for the diehard fans that it leaves everyone else at somewhat of a loss. Read full review
50
The Film StageJared MobarakApr 16, 2017
There’s so much happening that the whole gets boring for long stretches throughout. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)John SemleyApr 2, 2015
The reflection offered in the puckered muscle and polished chrome of Furious 7’s heroes feels like a cheery escapist distortion of a culture that more closely resembles the smashed steel, mangled bone and blood and vomit of a plain ol’ unsexy car wreck. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsApr 2, 2015
If you don’t crave the taste of motor oil on your popcorn, Furious 7 can’t end fast enough. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezApr 2, 2015
Here is a film in which nothing is at stake: Cars crash into each other head-on at high speeds, vehicles sail off cliffs and tumble down rocky mountainsides, people jump out of buildings and fall six stories to the ground, then characters just dust themselves off and continue as if nothing had happened. Even Wile E. Coyote wasn't this resilient. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartMar 31, 2015
Despite James Wan’s capable direction and very game cast, the whole thing goes increasingly wobbly like a bad axle, until it’s just a tangle of metal and bullets and yelling. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 2, 2015
The fun is in shorter supply. And all these gear-jamming chases and wince-inducing explosions cannot hide that this ride has long been on a road to nowhere. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaApr 2, 2015
If you like a little bit more in a movie — say, characters that are mildly interesting or a plot that's a wee bit logical — stay far away. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 2, 2015
The action comes so fast and furious in Furious 7 that, for all the explosions and overturned cars and missiles fired on downtown Los Angeles, it becomes a dull muddle. Here and there, we get the imaginative and outrageous stunts this series is famous for, but mostly the movie plods along, muscling through without much life or spirit. Read full review
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