Red Notice
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 5, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
22
Negative:
13
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60
CNNBrian LowryNov 5, 2021
The net effect is mildly enjoyable, creating a throwback caper film that showcases its stars doing what they do best, or rather for which they're best known. Read full review
60
Total FilmKevin HarleyNov 4, 2021
The leads deliver to order in this flimsy but playful frolic. A tankful of banter keeps the engine ticking nicely. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyNov 3, 2021
You can’t argue with the muscular marquee value of headlining Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot in a slick, fast-paced action thriller laced with playful comedy, even if it’s an empty-calorie entertainment like Red Notice. Read full review
60
EmpireDan JolinNov 3, 2021
Exactly what you’d expect from a crime-caper action-comedy pairing Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds. Nothing more, nothing less. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyNov 3, 2021
It has a certain clomping, smart-alecky entertainment value, wedded to the meta appeal of watching three A-listers juggle all the twists with ease, before walking off into the sunset with silly money. Did Netflix never twig that the real heist was on them? Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattNov 4, 2021
For all the outsize fight scenes and casual profanity though, the whole thing is oddly bloodless. (Even a rampaging bull hardly leaves a bruise.) And so Red Notice goes: blithely skimming through its slapstick fantasy, and laying bejeweled eggs wherever it lands. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichNov 3, 2021
While the movie sometimes hides behind its own derivativeness in lieu of daring to play things straight — the references fly fast and furious long before a punchline is made at Vin Diesel’s expense — “Red Notice” never loses sight of the visual shorthand that comes with bonafide stardom, nor the simple joy of seeing very famous people make total fools of themselves for a laugh. Read full review
55
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeNov 3, 2021
Red Notice plays like a parody of itself — a star-studded, globe-trotting heist caper replete with MacGuffins, twists, and double-crosses. And for much of its overstuffed two-hour runtime, it gets away with it. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredScott CampbellNov 12, 2021
Red Notice is vastly less than the sum of its parts, with the central trio saving it from mediocrity. It's a perfectly acceptable and decently entertaining $200 million action epic, but nothing more. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyNov 11, 2021
The first hour or so is lively, a bit crude, and more fun than it has any right to be. Expect double crosses, switcheroos, serious spoiler-level plot twists. Most are ridiculous, but that’s OK. The excitement starts to feel mechanical, even stale, during the second hour. Read full review
50
Screen RantRachel LaBonteNov 10, 2021
It has plenty of logic gaps, over-the-top action, and is generally a lot of fun. Red Notice doesn't quite coalesce into something that could become a timeless classic of its own, but it provides plenty of entertainment. Read full review
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ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNov 10, 2021
Considering the hype, it’s a disappointment. It might have been better to populate the movie with three unknowns and spend a little more on the screenplay. You can have The Rock, Wonder Woman, and Deadpool, but it doesn’t mean much if they don’t have clever things to say and meaningful things to do. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 5, 2021
Without the sheer watchability of Johnson, Reynolds and Gadot, Red Notice would have been intolerable. It also would have been pointless. But with them, it’s a pleasantly lousy movie that some people, if they look at the screen and squint really hard, might mistake for something decent. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 4, 2021
Problem is, there’s no movie inside this movie. It’s a breezy and intermittently entertaining and super slick work, but it’s filled with so many overly familiar notes and well-worn cliches, and there are so many winking nods to the viewer, it feels as if we’re about two rewrites away from this thing being a flat-out spoof on the level of Airplane! or Hot Shots! or Scary Movie. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyNov 3, 2021
This is the stuff that reminds us that Hollywood movies are made with charts and committees; we don’t enjoy it, but we put up with it in exchange for a good time. Red Notice only has the time part down. The good, like the bejeweled egg, is frequently missing. Read full review
50
IGNTara Bennett Nov 3, 2021
Three A-listers globetrot and double-cross each other in Red Notice, a derivative action film that should be much smarter and sexier than it ends up being. Read full review
42
UproxxVince ManciniNov 3, 2021
Red Notice is content to merely mimic the rhythms and pacing of a fun movie the same way Ryan Reynolds has become adept at delivering lines that have the tone and cadence of jokes without the comedic value. Read full review
40
Screen DailyTim GriersonNov 9, 2021
Thurber spends so much time referencing films he loves that Red Notice feels more like an elaborate game of dress-up than a worthy heir to their greatness. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeNov 8, 2021
Reportedly the most expensive Netflix original production to date, Red Notice would have benefited if some of its $200m budget had been spent on untangling the screenplay. Read full review
40
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyNov 4, 2021
This action caper is less a film than a collection of buzzwords. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerNov 4, 2021
Red Notice barely feels like a film, which is fine. It’s a series of set pieces flimsily bolted together with Reynolds doing the Reynolds thing, Johnson doing the Johnson thing, and Gadot doing the Gadot thing. Read full review
40
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaNov 4, 2021
While Red Notice may not be unwatchable, by the time the film ends with a deliberate sequel set-up, I was so turned off by the mercenary nature of it all that I was left with a bad taste in my mouth. Read full review
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