Hot Fuzz (2007) Rank 2 Reviews

Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)

Serpico meets the zombies at high noon as Pegg and Frost take a stab at the mock buddy cop movie with some funny lines but overall mixed results. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)

Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)

In director Edgar Wright and Pegg�s tight script, the humor works on several levels. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)

Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)

A pace and a premise that defies gravity, sending some of the laughs over some heads. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)

About.com (Jurgen Fauth)

My patented scientific method for objectively judging comedy reveals a favorable chuckle-to-groan ratio, one dozen solid out-and-out laughs, and four roll-out-of-your-seat moments of uncontrollable hilarity. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at About.com (Jurgen Fauth)

Maxim (Pete Hammond)

It ain't Shakespeare but its HOT FUN. Nothing more, nothing less. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Maxim (Pete Hammond)

Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)

â��Hot Fuzzâ�� is an inspired comedy that pokes fun at the very vulnerable genre of cop buddy movies like â��Bad Boys,â�� â��Lethal Weaponâ�� and â��Tango and Cash.â�� This movie takes all the clichÃ©s from those films and stands them on their heads. Alth ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)

Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)

Deeply nuts and exhaustingly hilarious. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)

Total Film (Andy Lowe)

The first half�s a blast, but as the comedy / action / horror / parody piles up, Hot Fuzz cools down. Needs more of a short, sharp schlock. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Total Film (Andy Lowe)

New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

Think of Hot Fuzz , a British parody of Hollywood-style action flicks, as The Full Monty blown to smithereens. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

thelondonpaper (Stuart McGurk)

A direct-to-video film in the best possible way. Sat cold with popcorn, the 1-D scatter-gags are three-star cinema. But as post-pub fodder for the chuckle-happy? It�s a five-star masterpiece. My advice? Go drunk. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at thelondonpaper (Stuart McGurk)

Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)

Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is London's top cop. His arrest record is 400% higher than any other cop on the force. He's received 9 special commendations in the last year. In short: he's making the rest of the force look bad. So, he's been reassigned to ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)

eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)

Offhand, I can think of only two movies that contain funny gunfights: 'Prizziâ��s Honor' and 'Married to the Mob.' There may be a few others, but in general, the mechanics and rhythm of a shoot-out tend to kill comedy (the same goes for car ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)

Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)

Simultaneously smart and silly, Hot Fuzz demonstrates that it's not necessary to be a buffoon in order to lampoon. This send-up of buddy-cop movies is a thoroughly entertaining blend of wry British humor and climactic, over-the-top action-film heroics. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)

TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)

Hot Fuzz is rare in that it builds character development just as much as it aims for a punchline, and this is one aspect that is most appreciated. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)

San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)

Director Edgar Wright, scripting with star Simon Pegg, winds it up and lets it fly. The result, even hitting its target, tends to splat. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)

USA Today (Claudia Puig)

Though it's no Monty Python , Hot Fuzz is a clever, over-the-top marriage of mayhem and merriment. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)

Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)

Overall Hot Fuzz could use a bit more speed to outrun its demons. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)

Chicago Sun-Times (Mary Houlihan)

The straight-faced spoof is really quite funny, if you can get beyond the graphic gore and mind-numbing final 30 minutes. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Mary Houlihan)

Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)

Looks comparable to Shaun , but underneath, it's an inferior film ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)

KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)

What do American action flicks like Bad Boys and Die Hard and Dirty Harry and Lethal Weapon and Point Break have in common? Yep, all all are hard-boiled and tough-talking. And all involve hot fuzz. Thus this British satirical salute. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)

Preview Family Movie Review

The action-packed comedy comes from the makers of Shawn of the Dead. Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is the finest cop London has to offer, with an arrest record 400% higher than any other officer on the force. Heâ��s so good, he makes everyone else look ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Preview Family Movie Review

The Observer (Philip French)

I didn't much care for Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's first big screen movie Shaun of the Dead, an extended British parody of a George Romero zombie movie. Hot Fuzz is altogether more varied and a remarkable cast of British actors plays things as straight ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at The Observer (Philip French)

The Trades (Raul Burriel)

With "Hot Fuzz", Pegg and Wright have re-united to bring us their homage-slash-parody of cop movies. Pegg plays Nicholas Angel, a London supercop who gets reassigned to the rustic country village of Sandford because he's making everyone else look bad. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at The Trades (Raul Burriel)

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)

The sensibility is Jerry Bruckheimer at Ealing Studios, and it doesn't work; the British whimsy and deadpan observational humor is overwhelmed by the tiresome bloat, blood and noise lifted from the spoofed source material. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)

Denver Post (Michael Booth)

For a movie based on the stunted mental development and perfect action timing of American crime-fighting pics, Hot Fuzz has surprisingly little idea of how to get to its point, or when. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Denver Post (Michael Booth)

Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)

Pacing problems aside, Hot Fuzz is a lot of fun. If only filmmakers would remember that with comedy, less is more. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)

The Independent (Anthony Quinn)

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright made an auspicious debut in 2004 with their bizarrely inspired Shaun of The Dead, forging an unlikely fellowship between romantic comedy and zombie horror - a "romzomcom", in their deathless phrase. They've followed up that ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)

Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)

Thereâ��s a scene in Patrice Leconteâ��s French comedy, â��My Best Friend,â�� in which Daniel Auteuilâ��s character, eager to learn how to make friends, emerges from a lecture on that very subject. A large man with huge glasses runs after him, huffing ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)

Los Angeles Times (Kevin Crust)

The British comedy triumvirate of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who made the zombification of the romantic slacker comedy so much fun in "Shaun of the Dead," returns with a full frontal assault on action movies with "Hot Fuzz." Bringing in ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Crust)

Daily Mail [UK] (Christopher Tookey)

It's the lack of any serious intent that means too much of it is desperately unamusing, and unamusingly desperate. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Daily Mail [UK] (Christopher Tookey)

Daily Mirror [UK] (David Edwards)

The film that Hot Fuzz reminded me of most was The Boys In Blue, in which Cannon and Ball played rural bobbies suddenly confronted with a real crime to solve. As you can probably guess, it wasn�t much cop. And neither is this. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at Daily Mirror [UK] (David Edwards)

The Independent (Anthony Quinn)

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright made an auspicious debut in 2004 with their bizarrely inspired Shaun of The Dead, forging an unlikely fellowship between romantic comedy and zombie horror - a "romzomcom", in their deathless phrase. They've followed up that ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)

This is London (Nick Curtis)

Wright and Pegg's second film isn't as good as their first. That's a common enough problem and Shaun of the Dead raised ridiculously high expectations. ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at This is London (Nick Curtis)

kids-in-mind

An extremely successful London police officer (Simon Pegg) is transferred to a small village after continuously outperforming the other officers on the force, and hence making them look incompetent. Upon arrival he is told that there hasn't been a crime ...read the complete Hot Fuzz movie review at kids-in-mind

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