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Avg. Critic Score: 27 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 Iffy for 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    A surprisingly funny, female-driven romp — as long as you don't question too many plot particulars. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    How one likes Taxi has everything to do with how one responds to the hapless cop character, played by Jimmy Fallon. Read full review

  • 40
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    I haven't seen the original, but I can vouch for the clumsiness of the new version. As usual, though, Queen Latifah is an indomitable, if sometimes undirectable, comic force. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times |

    Full of car chases, weak jokes and scenes so meandering they make "Saturday Night Live" look like a paragon of brevity and wit. Read full review

  • 30
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    This thoroughly repetitive, ill-conceived and poorly executed effort -- with an emphasis on the word "effort" -- defeats these two talented people more often than not. Read full review

  • 30
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    Commits any number of comedic violations during an aimless pursuit of laughs. Read full review

  • 30
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    Goes nowhere fast. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Dave Kehr

    A bland, half-finished film that seems to have been conceived as off-peak cable fodder. Read full review

  • 25
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    In a film that is wall-to-wall idiocy, the most tiresome delusion is that car chases are funny. Read full review

  • 25
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    An action-choked dud in which even the closing outtakes barely deserve to be left on the cutting-room floor? Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+ Think twice before hailing this Taxi.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie has a very lighthearted, even cavalier attitude toward substance abuse. Washburn's mother is an alcoholic, and this is primarily played for comedy. Washburn and Belle are exposed to nitrous oxide ("laughing gas"), also played for comedy (including a side effect of making their voices deeper, a sort of anti-helium). Parents should make sure that children and teens who see this movie understand that inhaling nitrous oxide for non-medicinal reasons can be dangerous. The movie has a few strong words, including some not usually found in PG-13s, like an anatomical term and the "N" word (heard in a song lyric). The movie has a lot of comedy-style violence, with many car chases and explosions and some shoot-outs. Some characters are injured, but no one is killed or badly hurt. There are some mild sexual references. A strength of the movie is the portrayal of capable and intelligent minority women and inter-racial respect and cooperation.
  • Families can talk about why Washburn was a bad driver and what makes someone a good driver.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: A lot of comic peril, car chases and explosions, shooting, characters injured.
  • sex false0 Sex: Mild sexual references.
  • language false3 Language: A few strong words.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Alcoholism portrayed as charming and comic, nitrous oxide inhalation portrayed as safe and fun.
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