Overall, Lift is a fun film with beautiful scenery, but you probably won’t get any frequent flyer miles or first-class upgrades out of any rewatches. Enjoy the smooth air and give the movie a try.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 20, 2024

Kevin Hart plays it straight and it is a lot of fun.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 18, 2024

Lift features a stacked cast, yet the script fails to make anyone memorable.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 5, 2024

Feels like an algorithm-designed movie... It's all so by-the-book and listless throughout.

| Feb 1, 2024

It strains your credulity... Very slickly produced and Kevin Hart gets a few good lines off, but I never enjoyed it that much.

| Feb 1, 2024

It's another disappointing action movie from Netflix, which has a very spotty record in this space.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 31, 2024

Two things are required for this type of film, though: dynamic chemistry and entertaining delivery, and Lift is in possession of neither.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jan 31, 2024

It felt too fluffy, and the stakes weren't high enough.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 26, 2024

Netflix should have no trouble finding an international audience for this kinetic heist caper featuring a conspicuously global cast.

| Jan 25, 2024

There’s a thrill that comes with watching the gang put their scheme in motion, with Hart’s charismatic screen presence lending an endearing likeability to the character. However, the star’s charm isn’t enough to pull off this score.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2024

“Lift” feels familiar from its very first scene. And the more you watch the more you realize that the biggest heist of all is in the countless ideas that Hart and company swipe from much better movies.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2024

It's a bore.

| Original Score: 3.5/10 | Jan 19, 2024

Any film that begins with an elaborate, broad daylight heist deserves viewers' attention. It's what comes between that intro and the film's adrenalin-pumping final hour that may give Netflix audiences reasons to take a refrigerator break.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 19, 2024

There’s nothing special about Lift as a heist or action movie, but it has a few nice moments on an interpersonal level.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 19, 2024

I like elements of Lift individually, including everyone cast as Cyrus’s crew, but outside of them, this movie does not come together like a good heist plan should.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 19, 2024

There’s nothing about Lift that will stick with you after having watched it — but there’s also nothing particularly wrong with it, either.

| Jan 18, 2024

The director's (F. Gary Gray) remake of The Italian Job is a much better heist movie than Lift. Watch that instead.

| Jan 18, 2024

Released traditionally in theaters, Lift would get eaten alive. There would be serious questions about whether Kevin Hart is still a bankable movie star.

| Jan 17, 2024

Made to watch, enjoy, and forget in a matter of minutes. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 17, 2024

Fine for what it is, featuring a heist designed for light escapism. Yet it’s also a prime example of the Netflix algorithm at work: using data to determine what subscribers like, then feeding that demand.

| Jan 16, 2024