Hit & Run Reviews
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
Hit & Run isn't always a smooth ride, but the quirks and misfires make it as distinctive as the actor behind many of the film's creative choices.
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| Original Score: B-
Big Hollywood
Hit & Run may stall early and often, but the Bell/Shepard screen chemistry serves as a nitrous boost.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Movie Chambers
I'll be darned if I didn't like the characters. They're fun, often unpredictable and reasonably humorous.
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| Original Score: C
ABC Radio (Australia)
Hit and Run has a bouncy, goofy charm.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Observer [UK]
It's highly entertaining with cameos by several of the director's pals and pit stops for delivering sub-Tarantino dialogue.
Contactmusic.com
Audiences out for a bit of mindless fun will probably enjoy this raucous road movie, but only if they can look past comedy that relies on jokes about racism, sexism and homophobia.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Little White Lies
This whipsmart postmodern rom-com caper rides a fine line between road - and date - movie.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Birmingham Post
Hit and Run is certainly hit and miss, but it had just about won me over by the time it ended.
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| Original Score: 3/5
ViewLondon
Enjoyable, fast-paced comedy-thriller with well written characters, decent chase sequences, a frequently funny script and superb performances from Shepard, Bell and Bradley Cooper.
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| Original Score: 4/5
HeyUGuys
A good-natured, if inconsequential, thrill ride. Shepard more than proves he's up to the task when it come to multitasking. It will be interesting to see what he does next time around.
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| Original Score: 3/5
The Aristocrat
Hit & Run is perfect late-night TV fodder.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Shotgun Critic
If Hit & Run is guilty of being generic, it's arguably the best kind of generic: inoffensive, well made and probably a lot more fun than Joe Critic is likely to admit.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Sacramento News & Review
... a wacky trailer-trash farce ...
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| Original Score: 3/5
The National
Lurching from picket-fence sweetness to road-trip screwball comedy, it's a hit-and-miss affair that's largely forgettable, save for its pairing of Shepherd and Bell.
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| Original Score: 3/5
We Got This Covered
Hit & Run has a clear, entertaining vision and is made with a strong, unique voice, something missing from too many films these days.
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| Original Score: 8/10
3AW
The wafer-thin story...is little more than an excuse for a series of nifty chase sequences and comic interludes, all mounted with the kind of fizzy enthusiasm essential for an inconsequential, enjoyable road movie lark to work.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Flicks.co.nz
With some likeable characters and a script that mixes laughs and charm, 'Hit and Run' is well worth a watch.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Trespass
While Hit & Run isn't going to be on any best of the year lists, it is a very good example of making a solid film in a tight time-frame.
At the Movies (Australia)
Dax Shephard has a really attractive presence on screen and he's terrific in this.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
ABC Radio Brisbane
It's funny without trying too hard to be funny. There are some intelligent, level-headed exchanges in the car between Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell that are Seinfeld-esque.
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| Original Score: A-
