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54 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeFor audiences who want their 2021 return to the multiplex to deliver big, loud, exciting action, F9 makes the cars go fast, jump high, and generally do the impossible. It’s exhilaratingly ridiculous, yes, but it’s also ridiculously exhilarating.
- 70Screen RantMolly FreemanScreen RantMolly FreemanF9 returns to the heights of Lin's best Fast & Furious franchise films, combining big heart and bigger action while deepening its themes of family.
- 60Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonGloriously ludicrous and stridently melodramatic, F9 is fuelled by its own goofy energy, delivering comically grandiose chase sequences and shameless fan service all in the name of giving audiences an uncomplicated good time.
- 60SlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiSlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiAfter the empty soullessness of Fate of the Furious and the ribald nonsense of Hobbs and Shaw, F9 feels like Lin is pulling the franchise back on track. Whether that track is properly placed or not, or whether it’s actually a track that takes you off the deep end…well, your mileage may vary.
- 60EmpireJoshua RothkopfEmpireJoshua RothkopfCourse-correcting to some degree with the return of its most inspired director, Justin Lin’s latest F&F instalment is a little too plastic at times, but back on track.
- 58IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThis is a movie that sling-shots so far past self-parody that it loops all the way back to something real.
- 58The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe movie’s deference to Diesel’s whims, sincerity, and ego all at once is part of its charm—though perhaps a smaller share of it here than in the past.
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanConsidering that F9 is Lin’s fifth “F and F” film and his first one in eight years, it goes through the motions with more energy than intoxication.
- 42The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupSlathered in nostalgia for past moments in the franchise yet still introducing entirely new backstories, this humdrum antepenultimate adventure leaves one convinced those steering the series don’t have a firm grasp on where it’s heading.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeIn F9’s would-be showstoppers, the thrills are mostly AWOL or the feats are simply too idiotic to embrace, even guiltily.