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Shaft (2000) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Shaft (2000) a score of 2.7494 out of 4

based on (204) reviews

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Excellent

(15)

Very Good

(144)

Good

(43)

Fair

(2)

Poor

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Christian Pyle

So how does the Y2K Shaft measure up? He's certainly "the cat who won't cop out when there's danger all about." Jackson's Shaft is even more tenacious and driven than Roundtree's. He's also "a bad mutha" (shut yo' mouth) who doesn't mind breaking a...read the complete Shaft (2000) review at Christian Pyle

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San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

"Shaft," directed by John Singleton, is a surprising film. The surprise is not that Samuel L. Jackson should make the ideal Shaft. We might figure that going in. The surprise is that the movie doesn't rely just on Jackson. It has smart writing, shrewd...read the complete Shaft (2000) review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

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New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)

It's hard to remember so unapologetically flamboyant a movie....read the complete Shaft (2000) review at New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)

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The Movie Chicks

The original 'Shaft' was a cool movie with Richard Roundtree as the bad muther...shut your mouth. This remake is just a bad movie. Even the talented Samuel L. Jackson could not save this one. The names are the same; only the script has been changed...read the complete Shaft (2000) review at The Movie Chicks