The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden

Less giddy and more cohesive than the original, the film doesn't waste time, plunging almost directly into a spectacular heist.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

A fast and furious action-adventure. The film's comedy counts for as much as the clever and risky ways in which Wahlberg and company go after the nasty Norton, who has holed up in a Bel-Air mansion with a world-class security system.

Salon by Stephanie Zacharek

The chase scenes in The Italian Job are the most exciting ones I can remember seeing in a movie in a long time, probably because they're the only ones I can remember -- and that's saying something.

L.A. Weekly by John Powers

Not only are the action sequences well-paced and witty, but Gray neatly draws out the comic high spirits in Wahlberg's ensemble of crooks.

New York Magazine (Vulture) by Peter Rainer

An elaborate techno-heist thriller, The Italian Job features some spectacular chase scenes, but for a change, the people doing the chasing are also worth watching.

Dallas Observer by Robert Wilonsky

It's more like the déjà vu machine. But that does not negate this movie's copious pleasures, chief among them its prudent decision to act like it's never supposed to be more than good time, a thrilling test-drive in a car you love but can't afford to actually buy.

Washington Post by Stephen Hunter

For two hours, the bliss of the brainless fluff is yours for the asking. It cheerfully puts the escape back in escapism.

Slate by David Edelstein

A pandering, debased, generic little nothing of a movie. And I'm still trying to figure out why I loved it so inordinately.

Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern

The best car commercial ever, an absolute triumph of product placement, and great fun as a movie in the bargain.

Variety by Robert Koehler

The forthcoming line of high-octane summer entertainments will be hard-pressed to top this one for both thrills and wit.