80
A British variation on Hollywood nonsense, and as such it's a little gloomier, a little coarser, and a lot more cerebral--oh, and funnier than all the "Reno 911!" boxed sets combined.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
70
New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
Hot Fuzz is fun, and it's nice to see all the English character actors who aren't busy in Harry Potter films, but it lacks its predecessor's freshness.
80
A sustained genre parody that's equally funny but (maybe in deference to the genre) much more pumped up.
75
Deeply nuts and exhaustingly hilarious.
75
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
A little too long and suffers from a sagging midsection when the level of exposition becomes laborious, but the spectacularly entertaining final 30 minutes compensates for a lot of flaws.
83
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
In the very funny cop comedy Hot Fuzz, overachieving London police officer Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) commits a very British sin: He's too good.
78
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
The most originally funny movie to hit U.S. screens in a while.
75
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
It's a blast.
90
For most of its running time, it's an enjoyably unpretentious celebration of the guilty pleasure we can take from a stupid-as-all-get-out car chase or from watching things blow up real good. Then, in its final half hour, Wright and Pegg ratchet up the absurdity tenfold and enter the realm of the sublime.