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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 78IGNKristy PuchkoIGNKristy PuchkoWhile the destination is too easy to determine, this ride-along is solidly thrilling.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattIt’s not a bad setup, and Bridges would be a better movie, easily, if it had let a little more nuance creep into its script. Instead, it lays the task squarely on Boseman’s shoulders — having him fill in all those broad strokes with his own fine lines, and spraying bullets and mayhem across the rest.
- 67The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThis is a well-crafted, exciting movie, sometimes more impressive for maintaining those qualities in the face of an utterly unsurprising story.
- 60EmpireNick de SemlyenEmpireNick de SemlyenWith hard-boiled dialogue, sleek God’s-eye views of the city and serious talent in supporting roles, you’re not given a chance to get bored. Even so, an air of overfamiliarity hangs over proceedings.
- 58IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandLittle of 21 Bridges ends up being that shocking — it’s tough going when the face a character makes after accepting a phone call can so easily tip off that something’s amiss — but Boseman and Miller make a solid team and creative plotting keep things moving right along.
- 50TheWrapCandice FrederickTheWrapCandice FrederickPerhaps if 21 Bridges just settled on being a mildly entertaining single-night cop thriller, it could have gotten by on its well-shot action scenes and A-list cast. But once it introduces concepts it’s unable to fulfill, it becomes a massive disappointment.
- 50Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonA solid but forgettable crime thriller whose best asset is Boseman’s commanding presence.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeBoseman’s role doesn’t offer nearly as much complexity as the screenwriters seem to think — which is why the movie needs an actor like him to distract us from its many plot holes and paradoxes.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe ever-righteous profile maintained by Boseman’s detective gets to be a bit limiting after a while; if anything was going to have multiple dimensions in this film, it should have been him, but the script is instead built around the goal of providing maximum movement and hoped-for tension. It’s got the former but only sporadically achieves the latter.
- 40Total FilmJames MottramTotal FilmJames MottramA generic cop thriller that rumbles along thanks to a quality cast but ultimately offers nothing fresh.