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Hot Fuzz (2006)

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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 196
Fresh: 178 | Rotten: 18

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.

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Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 3

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.

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A top London cop who is so good at his job that he makes his fellow officers look like slackers by comparison is "promoted" to serve in the sleepy village of Sandford in this contemporary action comedy from the creators of Shaun of the Dead. Police constable Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) always gets his man, but these days his impeccable record seems to be more indicative of his fellow officers' shortcomings than his own formidable skills as a keeper of the peace. Loathe to stand idly by as their

Jul 31, 2007

$23.6M

Rogue Pictures/Focus Features

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All Critics (196) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (184) | Rotten (18) | DVD (28)

It's such a vibrant goof, so full of love both for the movies and for its cast of ridiculous characters that you forgive it the odd soggy stretch.

August 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Slate | Comment (1)
Slate
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Wright and Pegg have topped Shaun of the Dead by trans(atlantic)planting a whole gaggle of genres.

April 24, 2007 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
TIME Magazine
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The movie duly quickens into pursuits of every speed, and the homage to action thrillers is there in the smallest detail; the clicking of a ballpoint pen, say, is amplified to sound as menacing as the cocking of a gun.

April 23, 2007 Full Review Source: New Yorker | Comment
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Though it's no Monty Python, Hot Fuzz is a clever, over-the-top marriage of mayhem and merriment.

April 20, 2007 Full Review Source: USA Today | Comment
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What prevents Hot Fuzz from crossing over into already well-travelled Naked Gun territory is the constant bouncing of high-Hollywood style and the timid, teatime setting.

April 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
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Only people who have an equal fondness for strolls through English cottage gardens and Dirty Harry movies are going to fall madly in love with the film, but just about everybody is going to like it.

April 20, 2007 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
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Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright's follow-up to his extremely popular zombie satire Shaun of the Dead (2004), improves on the latter's strong points in every conceivable way while drastically tightening up its weakest elements.

March 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Film and Felt | Comment
Film and Felt

Works because they set out to make a faithful genre picture just as equally as a comedy. The film is even funnier because they never sacrifice plot or character for a laugh.

June 9, 2010 Full Review Source: DCist | Comments (2)

From paying homage to Michael Bay's camera motions to kicking an old lady square in the kisser, this film holds nothing back and fires away with tons of laughs.

April 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Film School Rejects | Comment
Film School Rejects

There's real fondness not just for the crash-a-tons being referenced, but also for a homey, practically imaginary England

August 27, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

The opening premise of Hot Fuzz is like the recipe for a simple concept comedy: overachieving cop in underachieving village, and it works to set the all important tone in this funnily ridiculous film.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile

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.

September 4, 2008 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | Comment
The Scorecard Review

It's overlong and not always precisely on target but neither self-congratulating nor condescending -- and a fine, funny contribution to English-American mutual amusement besides.

August 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | Comment
Sacramento News & Review

... 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.

July 5, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter | Comment
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May 19, 2008 Comment

... inventive parody of armed-and-dangerous buddy cop films and Britain's cottage industry of cozy murder mysteries in picaresque rural villages.

December 1, 2007 Full Review Source: MSN.com | Comment
MSN.com

Bad Boys meets Shaun of the Dead.

October 31, 2007 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

... lives up to expectations even if it can't exceed the hype.

October 9, 2007 Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | Comment
MovieCrypt.com

Yet another excellent mélange of movie genres from Britain's team of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

October 5, 2007 Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | Comment
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

It's a movie that is literally, painfully funny, insofar as I occasionally laughed so hard that I thought my chest was about to collapse.

September 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Hot Fuzz

Not as good as Shaun of the Dead but decent fun.

January 31, 2008
jmanard52

Super Reviewer

Simon Skinner: Michael? Michael? Are you there? Michael? Is everything okay?Nicholas Angel: Yarp.After impressing audiences with his cult hit Shaun of the Dead, Edgar Wright reassembled [most of] the same cast and did a buddy-cop flick, entitled Hot Fuzz. If not for the brilliant chemistry between Simon Pegg and Nick

January 21, 2011
CreedsDelight

Super Reviewer

    1. DS Andy Andy Wainwright: Nice one, Doris.
    2. PC Doris Thatcher: Nothing like a bit of girl on girl!
    – Submitted by Gendrith A (39 days ago)
    1. Simon Skinner: Michael? Michael? Are you there? Michael! Is everything okay?
    2. Nicholas Angel: Yarp
    3. Simon Skinner: Sergeant Angel's been taken care of?
    4. Nicholas Angel: Yarp
    5. Simon Skinner: He's not gonna get back up again?
    6. Nicholas Angel: Narp?
    7. Simon Skinner: Good
    – Submitted by Alejandro O (2 months ago)
    1. PC Danny Butterman: It's not murder, it's ketchup.
    2. Nicholas Angel: It's Frank! He's appointed himself Judge, Jury and Executioner.
    – Submitted by Diego T (3 months ago)
    1. Nicholas Angel: Hag.
    – Submitted by Diego T (3 months ago)
    1. Nicholas Angel: It's Frank! He's appointed himself Judge, Jury and Executioner.
    2. PC Danny Butterman: [agitated and defensive] He is not Judge Judy and Executioner.
    – Submitted by Diego T (3 months ago)

Latest News for Hot Fuzz

December 12, 2011:
Nick Frost Wants to Go to The World's End with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright Next Year
He has a first draft of the script, and is hoping to shoot in 2012.

March 30, 2009:
Pegg, Wright Plan The World's End
Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright are busy guys, but they don't have too much going on to start thinking...

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