Lift
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 12, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
13
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Paste MagazineMatt DonatoJan 11, 2024
Gray plays to the simplest pleasures of heist cinema and wins us over because sometimes it’s alright to simply be dependable and straightforward. Read full review
64
TheWrapLex BriscusoJan 11, 2024
Despite doing very little to reinvent the wheel (even with an NFT subplot), this new crowd pleaser is so fast and fun that it’s sure to give family movie nights a jolt of excitement everywhere…even if the finished product feels a bit generic for tried and true heist film diehards. Read full review
60
Screen RantPatrice WitherspoonJan 12, 2024
Packed with great action sequences and a cast that is committed to each other and the script, Gray's latest is creative and fun enough to hold attention. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeJan 12, 2024
The attempts to get us interested in fictional NFT art are no more successful than the international cabal of idiots’ efforts to draw us to the real thing. For all that, there is a sort of honest energy to Lift that deserves just a sliver of respect. Read full review
60
Total FilmMolly EdwardsJan 11, 2024
A fun if by-the-numbers heist movie that brings the laughs, but doesn't stand out from the crowd. Read full review
60
The GuardianAdrian HortonJan 11, 2024
There’s plenty to keep many viewers watching for its 1 hour, 44-minute runtime. But given the bare characterization for everyone and the total lack of chemistry between Hart and Mbatha-Raw (despite her best efforts), not enough to elevate Lift above its many forgotten peers. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJan 15, 2024
There are bits and pieces of Lift strewn throughout that hint at the better movie it could have been with some inspiration and discipline. Read full review
50
TimeStephanie ZacharekJan 12, 2024
You can’t ask for more from a winter diversion—even if you wouldn’t wish for less. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJan 12, 2024
Lift is as generic and forgettable as its title, the kind of glossy, empty action picture that Netflix just keeps pumping out, whether we need it or not. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJan 11, 2024
This is a classic example of a well-made, big-budget action movie that is less than the sum of its parts. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeJan 11, 2024
Lift doesn’t seem to trust viewers enough to withhold details. It’s too insecure, too eager, too anxious to be mysterious. Its tricks are not so much revealed as word-vomited through clunky exposition. Read full review
50
IGNJan 11, 2024
Despite a talented cast and great director, Netflix’s Lift proves to be an exceedingly unremarkable heist film. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJan 15, 2024
Perhaps aware of the limitations of the screenplay, director F Gary Gray deploys an irritating arsenal of flashy camera moves and sleight-of-hand edits, but these only serve to emphasise the emptiness of the spectacle. Read full review
40
EmpireBeth WebbJan 12, 2024
By stifling Hart’s seasoned comedy-fuelled charisma, this overly stylised crime caper is a turbulent ride. Stay for Mbatha-Raw’s righteous action skills, which should propel her to bigger and bolder things. Read full review
40
The TelegraphEd PowerJan 11, 2024
Kevin Hart just about gets by. but Netflix's heist thriller falls down thanks to its terrible CGI, nonsensical plot and mismatched casting. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 17, 2024
There’s barely a laugh or interesting, much less exciting moment in this. Read full review
33
IndieWireSamantha BergesonJan 11, 2024
The real crime of “Lift,” however, is not that its poised as an “Ocean’s” movie lacking all of the glamour. No, it’s that director F. Gary Gray has made some incredible films in the past and “Lift” simply isn’t one of them. This is the filmmaker behind Oscar-nominated “Straight Outta Compton.” This is the director who helmed the American remake of “The Italian Job.” Read full review
30
The New York TimesRobert DanielsJan 11, 2024
Hart possesses neither the charisma of Cruise nor the charm of Redford necessary to shoulder these action movie mechanics, a failure that demonstrates what happens when character actors are told they’re movie stars. Read full review
30
VarietyMichael NordineJan 11, 2024
Practically every scene is a cliché, every line of dialogue an echo of a better one you’ve already heard in a better film. Read full review
20
ABC NewsPeter TraversJan 12, 2024
Start the new year off wrong with another Kevin Hart misfire that doesn’t even try to be funny, preferring to slide by as a humdrum heist movie that steals time you'll never get back. Read full review
20
ColliderErick MassotoJan 11, 2024
At the end of the journey, Lift ends up as a double disappointment. It doesn’t work as a comedy, it doesn’t work as an action film, and its claim to the heist movie subgenre is tenuous at best. Read full review
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