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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallWhat makes Central Intelligence appealing in appalling times is volcanic chemistry between Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.
- 75ConsequenceRandall ColburnConsequenceRandall ColburnCentral Intelligence is genuinely funny, intriguingly plotted, and quite frankly one of the biggest surprises of the year.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt dawdles between action beats and big laughs, and in the third act, that lets much of the wind out of it.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschThe Hollywood ReporterJon FroschCentral Intelligence demonstrates an above-average interest in story and character, and tries, if not always successfully, to craft real comic situations and action sequences. It's been made with a certain level of polish and professionalism. And it capitalizes on the chemistry between Hart and Johnson.
- 50Slant MagazineEric HendersonSlant MagazineEric HendersonIt's a pity that no one else involved in the making of the film had Dwayne Johnson's sly intuition.
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanIt delivers — on some basic, giddy, turn-off-your-frontal-lobes level. It’s an action-comedy utensil, like “Rush Hour” crossed with an old Arnold Schwarzenegger shoot-’em-up, with a few goofy added sprinkles of “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion.”
- 42The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThat it manages to score a good laugh every couple of minutes is mostly a credit to stars Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, who make for a better mismatched-buddy comic duo than the movie probably deserves.
- A throwaway film that in all the worst ways give summer movies a bad name: told by idiots, full of sound and fury, and signifying nothing but first-weekend grosses.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperCentral Intelligence is one of those slick, gunplay-riddled, stupidly plotted, aggressively loud buddy movies — so formulaic and dumb, even if you see it you’ll probably forget you’ve seen it by the end of the year...And if that’s the case, consider yourself fortunate.