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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: August 9, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
16
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
USA TodayMike Clark
All you get here for paid admission is a long and terrific avalanche scene -- state of the art, no question. Then it's over and ready to melt away, much like memories of this movie. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
The movie's own style is strictly an anti-style, all pre-packaged post-punk. Read full review
30
The New YorkerDavid Denby
In itself, XXX is not worth getting bothered about -- a half-dozen big pictures as bad as this one come out every year. At the very worst, it will kick off a pointless new movie franchise. [19 & 26 August 2002, p.174]
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Essentially a dumb guy's day in Heaven. The movie's retrofitted with stunts, fights, explosions, drugs, babes and cars -- not necessarily in that order. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Diesel himself has the personality of a golem and a knack for dialogue delivery that suggests recent oral surgery. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The infuriating thing about XXX isn't that it delivers thrills and spills to moviegoers who don't know any better, but that its Hollywood hype reinforces the notion that brain-dead entertainment is what movies are all about. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Even in the summertime, the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities. Movies like XXX -- a big 000 -- don't deserve our $$$. Read full review
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