Almost without cracking a smile, it's thoroughly hilarious.
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03/03/07
Hot Fuzz (2007)
90 %
Reviews Counted: 183 Fresh: 165 Rotten:18 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Consensus:
The brilliant minds behind Shaun of the Dead successfully take a shot at the buddy cop genre with Hot Fuzz. The result is a bitingly satiric and hugely entertaining parody.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Theatrical Release: 14-02-2007
Synopsis: Hot Fuzz is the action-packed new comedy from the makers of the hit movie Shaun of the Dead. With the same razor-sharp combination of humor and attention to detail they used to breathe new life into the undead, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have set their sights on Action Movies for their next... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Bill Bailey, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman
Director: Edgar Wright
Screenwriter: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg
Producer: Tim Bevan, Nira Park
Composer: David Arnold
Screenwriter: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg
Producer: Tim Bevan, Nira Park
Composer: David Arnold
Reviews
It is funny, inventive, furiously paced and the audience is expected to be as knowledgeable about Hollywood cop films as is the local policeman assisting Angel.
02/24/07
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.
02/16/07
It's overlong, and finally falls apart, stuttering towards a number of indecisive endings. But mostly it's a smart, funny, affectionate love letter to all things uncool - and far more skilful than its self-effacing humour suggests.
02/16/07
Top Critic
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.
02/16/07
The same impish [Spaced] spirit is uncorked here, but it has been fatally indulged.
02/16/07
Top Critic
The eye-popping action is worthy of the blockbusters it lampoons and a razor-sharp script packed with top one-liners make this easily the most arresting Brit-com of 2007.
02/16/07
It has one thing its predecessors never had: a nice cup of tea and some biscuits once the dust has settled.
02/16/07
Top Critic
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.
02/16/07
It's the lack of any serious intent that means too much of it is desperately unamusing, and unamusingly desperate.
02/16/07
Hilarious from start to finish, thanks to a terrific cast, inventive direction and a brilliantly written script.
02/15/07
It’s not a perfect template – running motifs are glaringly flagged up and there are at least two too many climaxes – but for both gags and thrills, few current British filmmakers come close.
02/14/07
Top Critic
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.
02/14/07
Top Critic
Even without the inspired idea of Shaun Of The Dead it’s an easy match for laughs, and marks Nick Frost as a vital part of this team’s appeal. The boys (now in blue) have done it again.
02/14/07
Top Critic
A movie you'll still want to see again, if only to get all the mini-jokes.
02/10/07
Top Critic
... as if a cop movie spoof had been awkwardly rammed into a seriously splatter film, with a big, violent blowout finale to blur the lines between the two.
07/05/08
The makers of Shaun of the Dead have done it again. This time they have combined a classic cop-buddy movie with a quaint town in England, and yes, laughs definitely ensue.
03/03/08
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