What makes Wright & Co.’s buddy-cop goof so spot-on is that, like their previous take on splatter flicks, the pair share an affection for -- and thorough knowledge of -- cineplex cheese with their film-geek fan base.

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It's such a vibrant goof, so full of love both for the movies and for its cast of ridiculous characters that you forgive it the odd soggy stretch.

| Aug 18, 2007

With a fine image and sound transfer and a worthwhile collection of hearty extras, Hot Fuzz is now in the running for the title of DVD of the Year.

| Jul 19, 2007

Wright and Pegg have topped Shaun of the Dead by trans(atlantic)planting a whole gaggle of genres.

| Apr 24, 2007

The movie duly quickens into pursuits of every speed, and the homage to action thrillers is there in the smallest detail; the clicking of a ballpoint pen, say, is amplified to sound as menacing as the cocking of a gun.

| Apr 23, 2007

Hot Fuzz is everything an action-comedy should be. It achieves through parody what most films in the genre can't accomplish straight.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 21, 2007

Because this culture-clash comedy has real characters, a real story and a real big payoff, the two-hour length is a light sentence.

Full Review | Apr 21, 2007

Though it's no Monty Python, Hot Fuzz is a clever, over-the-top marriage of mayhem and merriment.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 20, 2007

What prevents Hot Fuzz from crossing over into already well-travelled Naked Gun territory is the constant bouncing of high-Hollywood style and the timid, teatime setting.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 20, 2007

What will Wright and Pegg set their targets for next? I don't know, but I'll be watching.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2007

Only people who have an equal fondness for strolls through English cottage gardens and Dirty Harry movies are going to fall madly in love with the film, but just about everybody is going to like it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2007

Although Hot Fuzz is a good 30 minutes too long (the ending -- or endings -- are endless), it is also good for long stretches of laughs.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2007

At the end of the year, Hot Fuzz may be both your favorite comedy and your favorite action movie of 2007, and that's no joke.

Full Review | Apr 20, 2007

Summer hasn't arrived, but the funniest riff on a summer movie genre has already landed.

| Apr 20, 2007

The U.S. audience may be stung to find beloved action clichés desecrated, but these Britheimers are on to something.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2007

Pegg and Wright are armed with an endlessly impressive arsenal of attention grabbers, from witty editing tricks to a wry soundtrack and a joke-packed script that demands multiple viewings.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 20, 2007

Hot Fuzz may not be quite at its predecessor's mark, but the cast sure is -- they're all, every last one of them, Shauns of the Deadpan.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2007

Hot Fuzz is warm at the beginning, too cool in the middle and boiling at the end -- which makes it too close to lukewarm.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 20, 2007