Critic Reviews for Central Intelligence on Moviebuff.com

Central Intelligence is a high-school chick flick, and rather fittingly ends at a high-school reunion

Sudhir Srinivasan, The Hindu

This is one of the most problematic films I’ve seen in a while, not based on any technical aspects, but purely based on the outdated and harmful stereotypes it projects

Jon Espino, The Young Folks

Outrageously goofy with a heart makes for a movie that is both very funny and warmer than expected

Michael Smith, Tulsa World

The film is avoidable on the whole as it lacks 'intelligence'

Renuka Vyavahare, The Times of India

It’s not in every film you meet a petite asset bigger than The Rock, but miracles happen

Colin Covert, The Columbus Dispatch

Central Intelligence is slightly better than what you may expect

Jimmy O , JoBlo.com

“Central Intelligence” is a clean-out-the-fridge soup of celebrity cameos and C.I.A. confusion

Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times

Hart and Johnson promise something they can't deliver: a movie as funny as they are

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Central Intelligence is the reversal of expectations, both for its characters and the actors portraying them

Adam Frazier, First Showing

There are moments when the film is slow and sluggish, and then it is on steroids with hyper action

Jyoti Sharma Bawa, Hindustan Times

The danger of the form is that action and comedy, instead of adding something to one another, just cancel each other out.

Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Central Intelligence would have delivered everything that audiences wanted, instead of bitterly underwhelming

Gregory Wakeman, Cinema Blend

“Central Intelligence” won’t win any points for originality, but that doesn’t make it any less funny

The Denver Post Source, The Denver Post

A looming school reunion

Shalini Langer, Indian Express

It may not be a deep and complex masterpiece that will spawn symposiums and appreciations, but it is a classic of a very particular sort

Matt Zoller Seitz, Roger Ebert

Central Intelligence doesn’t have the same quality action or story as something like Hot Fuzz or Tropic Thunder, but it does bring a plenty of hilarity to the table to make up for it

Ethan Anderton, Slash Film

Rawson Marshall who gave us the stupendous “We’re the Millers” dishes out another comedy which satisfies your comedy pangs and keeps you engaged in the stupidity

Sajid, Cinema Glitz

Central Intelligence cannot save its poorly shot action with the laughs one expects from these stars

Drew Wheeler, flagpole

If you're going to watch it for The Rock, try old WWF/WWE videos instead.

Daniel Thimmayya, New Indian Express

Central Intelligence is strange mix of high school revenge story meets action comedy

Francesca Rudkin, NZ Herald

Watch Central Intelligence for The Rock’s insane action moves and Kevin Hart’s comic mastery

Tania Rana, BookMyShow

There’s nothing terribly incompetent about Central Intelligence but nothing particularly interesting about it either

Joshua Starnes, ComingSoon.net

Central Intelligence is a halfhearted, high-concept hoo-ha with far too little haha

Bill Wine, CBS Local

Central Intelligence, is an asinine film with a plot so moronic one wonders if it were devised by some sort of computerised algorithm

Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian

Even the incredible charisma of the stars can't make it work

Josh Lasser, IGN

The mission of Central Intelligence is to showcase the unexpectedly potent chemistry its two stars share and to allow Johnson to flex his comedic muscles

Rick Kisonak, Seven Days

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, make for a better mismatched-buddy comic duo than the movie probably deserves

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club