Speed: Critic Reviews

91%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

90%

RottenTomatoes: 41 reviews

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Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

92

Full Review » 18 years ago
Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

Cleverer action films (Die Hard II and The Fugitive, for instance) deliver more sardonic intelligence, but this one still gets the job done.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Hal Hinson Washington Post (Top Critic)

Undeniably, the picture now and again supplies that edge-of-the-seat sensation; yet, by action-adventure standards, Speed is leaden and strangely poky. It never seems to shift into overdrive and let fly.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

The plot becomes so overextended, as Reeves and Hopper wage their endless public transportation battle, even the hardest Die-Harders will consider leaping off way before the final stop.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

100

We've seen this done before, but seldom so well, or at such a high pitch of energy.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

Athough it hits any number of gaping credibility potholes on its careening journey around Los Angeles, Speed delivers the goods as a non-stop actioner that scarcely pauses to take a breath.
Full Review » 3 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

88

The most breath-stoppingly thrilling motion picture to open since the original Die Hard.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Richard Schickel TIME Magazine (Top Critic)

Talk about simple. But the film's sheer cut-to-the-chase straightfowardness is part of its appeal.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

The smart and sassy Bullock is a knockout. She makes us believe the impossible things Annie is doing and, better, makes us care.
Full Review » 11 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

88

Speed lives up to its title, delivering carefully crafted action/adventure thrills without ever breaking out of the genre rut.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Film4

A classic of its kind.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

Eventually, inevitably, [it] goes too far, too fast, and ends up off the rails.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

88

Sandra Bullock steals the movie. You can actually see her working her charms on Keanu during certain scenes; he cracks a smile from time to time.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Bill Clark FromTheBalcony

92

A taut, endlessly entertaining action spectacle. They really don't make them like this anymore.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

100

An exhilarating thrill machine that goes from 0 to 50 in the opening minutes and never lets up.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Nicolas Lacroix Showbizz.net

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
Fred Topel About.com

80

Good suspense movie, third act is weak
Full Review » 9 years ago
Shellie Iliff Palo Alto Weekly

63

Hopper and Reeves make for a great match-up and the tension never stops.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Matt Bailey Not Coming to a Theater Near You

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope

88

There is no letup in this slick action adventure. There is also no character development and the story isn't really believable, but who cares? This movie is fun.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

60

Watchable junk.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Josh Gilchrist Billings Outpost (Montana)

100

Full Review » 9 years ago
Widgett Walls Needcoffee.com

80

The epitome of a popcorn flick: entertaining and relatively harmless.
Full Review » 10 years ago