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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldA clever, charming, laugh-out-loud-funny road comedy that works in almost every scene.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA rip-roaring romantic comedy that's as funny as it is light on its feet.
- 80L.A. WeeklyRon StringerL.A. WeeklyRon StringerNot to mention the good-when-moody, best-when-raucous art-band soundtrack!
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMr. Yaguchi's film is so brazenly cheerful and charmingly engineered that even the sourballs in the cast are sucked in.
- 75Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachThere's plenty to like about Adrenaline Drive, including the appealing, sympathetic performances of its two young stars and the tongue-in-cheek humor that pervades the film.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannA goofy genre-buster that takes its amateur criminals as seriously as ``Pulp Fiction'' or ``Run Lola Run'' did theirs.
- 75Portland OregonianKim MorganPortland OregonianKim MorganIt's not an art film. The movie is as mainstream as it gets -- which is just fine; the picture is both great fun and gently satirical.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovFeels for all the world like a Meg Ryan/Billy Crystal heist comedy transposed to the Far East.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardFeels like any number of forgettable American teen comedies in which the nerd gets the girl and/or the money.
- 50Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrA climactic explosion is too obviously a rigged gunpowder charge, and it becomes a metaphor for the film's mistake of diminishing the frantic motion that kept things fizzy and fun.