Smokin' Aces
Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 26, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
15
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
A cheerfully disposable gangland freak-show thrill ride that's been directed by the gifted Joe Carnahan (Narc) as if he were trying to give the audience a seizure. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Best consumed with pizza and lots of brewskis, Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces is shamelessly and unapologetically a guy movie. It's lewd, crude and loaded with shootouts and hot lesbo action. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
For rip-snorting pop entertainment, it's one discomfiting, nasty piece of work, and ain't that a kick in the head. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Even more nihilistic and confused than "Narc," and yet a lot better. It's better for some specific and interesting reasons. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
It's hard to figure where it's going, and when the movie's over, it's even harder figuring where it's been. But the careening roller-coaster ride calling itself Smokin' Aces is such a hoot to be on, who really cares? Read full review
70
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It's kind of like a hit man's Olympics. Isn't this grown-up? In a word, no, and that's what's so much fun about it. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
There are movies that reach for the top. There are movies that go over the top. And then there is Smokin' Aces, a slick, shallow and sometimes quite enjoyable action film that is so far beyond over-the-top that it likely mistook the top for the bottom as it burst through it on its way to who knows where. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Someone should check Joe Carnahan for performance enhancement drugs. Smokin' Aces, the wild ride of a movie he scripted and directed, is so pumped up, manic and mayhem-packed that it practically shoots sweat off the screen. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
There's no question Carnahan has an eye for composition, an ear for dialogue and a sense of pace that, if put to better use, could make an audience beg for relief. But the characters in Smokin' Aces are about as lifelike as the occupants of vehicles destroyed in a car-safety test. Read full review
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