Blue Streak: Critic Reviews

78%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

36%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

25

Lawrence seems trapped in his jug-eared, slightly clownish nervousness, like a sidekick suddenly shoved into the spotlight.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rita Kempley Washington Post (Top Critic)

30

A pooped, poorly executed buddy-cop comedy with more cliches than expletives.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jim Sullivan Boston Globe (Top Critic)

Provides a nifty 90-minute escape and more than a few yuks.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jessica Winter Village Voice (Top Critic)

The contortional physical shtick familiar from Lawrence's sitcom, laden with a dollop of Three Stooges violence, should keep the boys happy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Millar Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Blue Streak falls victim to bad cliches.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Chris Vognar Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

Most of the film is just Mr. Lawrence goofing around.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Barbara Shulgasser Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

25

Unimaginative.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

50

Still, the movie is pretty bad. It's Rush Hour meets 48 Hours meets Bad Boys except this time around there's only one bad boy and the script and direction are subpar.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Robert Koehler Variety (Top Critic)

In the wake of a summer of capers and cons, Blue Streak arrives as a dull afterthought and a sorry vehicle for the comic expression of Martin Lawrence.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jonathan Foreman New York Post (Top Critic)

63

A formula picture that never rises above the generic but entertains nevertheless.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

There's a pretty decent joke at the center of this otherwise routine action-comedy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Tom Keogh Film.com (Top Critic)

You watch this movie for Lawrence's antics but soon realize he doesn't really involve the audience in his comedy, the way Murphy did in 48Hrs.
Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

38

Lawrence has become involved in a film that makes us acutely embarrassed for him.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Blue Streak suffers from an identity crisis.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

60

Pleasant diversion with lots of silly fun for teens.
Full Review » 1 year ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

50

...Blue Streak is simply unable to overcome the scenery-chewing excess of Lawrence's hopelessly incompetent turn.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Film Threat

40

Full Review » 6 years ago
Ross Anthony Hollywood Report Card

75

Fun and entertaining -- a good time.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

63

Martin Lawrence is a talented comedian, but too often he gets stuck with creaky material, such as the script to this mediocre action comedy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Joe Baltake Sacramento Bee

The film may be routine, but Lawrence is anything but.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Edward Guthmann San Francisco Chronicle

50

Apart from Lawrence's goofing, Blue Streak isn't much of a movie and its formula of stunts, anti-authority humor and a chase-and-crash finale is predictable enough to be depressing.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Thom Bennett Film Journal International

Succeeds as an undemanding, fast-paced comedy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert At the Movies

75

Assembled with style.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Bob Strauss Los Angeles Daily News

Utterly forgettable fun.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Bill Pearis Citysearch

The blatant disregard for reality might have been excusable if any of the execution was actually funny.
Full Review » 12 years ago