Need For Speed
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: March 14, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
19
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 16, 2014
Director Scott Waugh’s intention may have been to elevate my pulse, but the only thing at which he succeeded was getting me to check my watch repeatedly. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia PuigMar 13, 2014
Ostensibly meant to be light entertainment. If light is synonymous with preposterous, frenetic and noisy, it qualifies. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrMar 13, 2014
All that’s missing is Clyde the orangutan from Clint Eastwood’s “Every Which Way But Loose,” which, trust me, this movie could have used. Read full review
38
Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 13, 2014
There's nothing to distract you from a plot so tired there are tire tracks from other racing movies all over it. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle SmithMar 12, 2014
Young men and fast cars are automatically stupid together, but even if you set your intelligence level at “off” — and you should — you’ll get a hangover from this cocktail of 200-proof stupid, clinking with moron ice cubes and with an idiot cherry on top. Read full review
37
Washington PostJen ChaneyMar 13, 2014
Need for Speed is a piece of auto-collision pornography that weighs down its car-flip-and-massive-fireball money shots with a preposterous plot involving vehicular manslaughter vengeance. Read full review
33
HitfixDrew McWeenyApr 18, 2014
Need For Speed is several different movies at once, and most of them are very stupid. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisMar 12, 2014
From the start, Need for Speed smells like a movie in search of a franchise. On that count, it’s somewhat fast but seldom furious. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonMar 14, 2014
The resulting mishmash is as exciting as getting a tow from AAA, and just as slow. Read full review
25
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezMar 12, 2014
Need For Speed possesses eye-rolling, tone deaf dialogue, passable performances (unless you’re Dominic Cooper or Kid Cudi) and plotting so conventional, there’s not even one surprise U-turn anywhere. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineChris CabinMar 11, 2014
Even when compared to other films posing as Ford Mustang commercials, Need for Speed isn't particularly memorable for anything other than the startling incompetence and dull sheen of the end result. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMar 13, 2014
Do not attempt to see this film, derived loosely from the videogame of the same name, unless you're prepared for wobbly writing, lead-footed direction and acting that must have been boosted by nitrous-oxide injectors, plus a starring performance that could have used a boost and didn't get one. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMar 13, 2014
This movie is so dumb for most of its running time, you walk away wishing there was less plot and pointless posing and more of the fuel-injected coolness that brought you to the multiplex in the first place. Read full review
10
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonMar 11, 2014
Scott Waugh's moronic flick has multiple personalities — it's the Sibyl of street racing, with a script that doesn't feel so much typed as button-mashed. Read full review
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