63
Essentially an old-fashioned movie, nothing fancy, nothing new, just some jokes and some action and a crowd-pleasing finale.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
80
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.
67
Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan
Manages to be a solid, though not exceptional, heist movie with a good-looking cast and -- maybe -- even better-looking cars.
78
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
A zippy, energetic, automotive free-for-all, a caper extravaganza minus the bleak overtones that have come to figure in so many 9mm movies these days.
75
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
This is pure entertainment but smart entertainment, plotted and executed with invention and humor and acted by a winning cast radiating good-movie energy.
80
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.
80
The forthcoming line of high-octane summer entertainments will be hard-pressed to top this one for both thrills and wit.
90
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.
70
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Feels a like smooth, exciting whoosh down a ski slope.
67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold
Charlize Theron, playing the one woman member of the team, handily steals the movie from the guys with her no-nonsense display of verve and vulnerability.