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Avg. Critic Score: 81 out of 100 Universal acclaim Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
15 Iffy for 15+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    Wright and Pegg are storytellers who weave their naughty bits into genuine characters and a plot. It's a ridiculous plot, but one that's absolutely in the spirit of the films they're satirizing. Read full review

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    In the very funny cop comedy Hot Fuzz, overachieving London police officer Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) commits a very British sin: He's too good. Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Since Mr. Wright and Mr. Pegg are essentially parodying self-parodies, they have also smartly kinked up their conceit by setting most of the film in a sleepy village that might as well be called Ye Old English Towne, thereby wedding one of the most irritating British exports to one of the most absurd American ones. Think of it as "The Full Monty" blown to smithereens. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety | Derek Elley

    A sustained genre parody that's equally funny but (maybe in deference to the genre) much more pumped up. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Hartlaub

    Plays like two films in one, and succeeds on both levels. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    It's to the "Lethal Weapon" movies what left-hand driving on a country lane is to a freeway chase: pokey, more than a little daft, but with a bloody surprise around every hedge. Read full review

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    It's a blast. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Hot Fuzz deploys the same mix of genre conventions, slapstick and old-school British humor that made "Shaun of the Dead" such a dumb-but-good romp. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Though it's no "Monty Python," Hot Fuzz is a clever, over-the-top marriage of mayhem and merriment. Read full review

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Ray Bennett

    All the action is staged with energy, but it gets relentless without anything really funny going on. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+ Bad Boys meets Shaun of the Dead.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that what at first seems like a British parody of American cop flicks turns into a much bloodier (and funnier) homage to blow-'em-up blockbusters. The gun play and cartoonishly graphic violence rivals that of any Michael Bay or Jerry Bruckheimer production, but at least the bulk of the gore is confined to the last third of the film. Like Shaun of the Dead, which was made by the same director and stars, this movie is full of colorful foul language, but it doesn't have the raunchy nastiness of similar movies. Expect cinema-savvy teens to want to check it out.
  • Families can talk about how this film parodies Hollywood blockbuster action flicks. What are some good and bad examples of that genre? What specific elements of those movies is this film making fun of? Does it succeed? Why? Is the violence appropriate to the story, or does it go too far? Is all of the gun violence upsetting? Families can also discuss how media helps people find common ground. Kids: Do you and your friends bond over movies the way Nick and Danny do?
The good stuff
  • message true1 Positive messages: Crime-fighting best friends/police partners stick together to fight a secret cabal of evildoers.
What to watch for
  • violence false4 Violence: Explicitly violent for an action-comedy, with blood-splattering scenes of impalement and decapitation, as well as explosions, dead bodies, and gun violence.
  • sex false1 Sex: Innuendo about two characters having an affair; later, a scene confirms it (they kiss and are obviously about to make love).
  • language false5 Language: Sometimes said so quickly that it's easy to miss, but there's a ton: "motherf---r," "f--k," "c--t," "s--t," "dick," "ass," "a--hole," "bastard," etc.
  • consumerism false1 Consumerism: Lots of other movies are referenced: Bad Boys II, Point Break, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and the like.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false2 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Many scenes take place at the local pub, where various townsfolk (including underage boys) drink -- mostly beer, although some hard liquor as well.
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