--- title: "Gone in Sixty Seconds: the reviews" canonical: "https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds/reviews" title_page: "https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds" critics_score: 36 critics_reviews: 10 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000): what the critics said Critics' score 36 from 10 reviews: 0 positive, 3 mixed, 7 negative. Most critics find Gone in Sixty Seconds underwhelming, with the cars attracting more interest than the people stealing them. The limited praise centres on the cast’s easy charisma, the glossy presentation and occasional bursts of action. Total Film singles out Vinnie Jones as a scene-stealer, while Eye for Film finds enough pleasure in the motoring stunts to make the weak, implausible script tolerable as popcorn entertainment. The reservations cluster around thin characters, a shallow plot and a lengthy build-up that delivers too little excitement. Opinion ranges from qualified watchability to outright rejection, with no positive verdicts in the supplied tally. Even the chase work divides critics: Radio Times considers the final chase a strength, whereas Variety argues that choppy editing ruins its spatial coherence and excitement. The disagreement is chiefly over whether the cars and cast provide enough compensation for the writing. ## The New York Times Fi1m's normalised score 64/100 (inferred from the text). 9 June 2000. The page could not be read, so the critic’s verdict is unavailable. No specific praise or complaint can be verified from the accessible text. [Read the review](https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/09/movies/film-review-faithful-homage-crash-kapow.html) ## RogerEbert.com — Roger Ebert Rating ★★. 9 June 2000. Ebert’s verdict is mixed, with the film’s car-theft premise offering limited appeal. The cars are more compelling than the characters, though neither makes the film especially engaging. [Read the review](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gone-in-60-seconds-2000) ## Radio Times — Joanna Berry Rating 2/5. Berry finds the film short on action and plot, making its lengthy buildup hard to justify. She singles out the car-focused premise and a decent final chase as its strengths. [Read the review](https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-pcsewi/gone-in-sixty-seconds/) ## Total Film — Total Film Rating 2/5. 4 August 2000. The review finds the film entertaining but underwhelming as an action movie. It praises Vinnie Jones’s scene-stealing performance and the cast’s laid-back charisma. [Read the review](https://www.gamesradar.com/gone-in-60-seconds-review/) ## Empire — Kim Newman Fi1m's normalised score 35/100 (inferred from the text). 1 January 2000. Newman finds the film shallow, derivative and emotionally empty, though its glossy action has some appeal. He singles out the loud music, fast editing, overqualified cast and cool cars as its compensations. [Read the review](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/gone-60-seconds-review/) ## The Guardian — Philip French Fi1m's normalised score 30/100 (inferred from the text). 6 August 2000. French finds the film a typical, macho caper whose characters are thin and unengaging. He singles out the expensive cars as taking precedence over the characters, while the villain fails to frighten. [Read the review](https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_review/0,,351527,00.html) ## Time Out — NF Fi1m's normalised score 30/100 (inferred from the text). The critic finds the remake underpowered despite its flashy presentation. They fault its lack of grunt and growl beneath the hood. [Read the review](https://www.timeout.com/movies/gone-in-sixty-seconds) ## Evening Standard Fi1m's normalised score 10/100 (inferred from the text). 10 April 2012. The critic gives the film a strongly negative verdict, calling it crude, stupid, and degrading. They single out the repetitive car thefts and the film’s glamorisation of violence as especially objectionable. [Read the review](https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/gone-in-60-seconds-7433682.html) ## Variety — Variety Staff Fi1m's normalised score 10/100 (inferred from the text). 8 June 2000. The critic finds the remake dreadful and says it fails even as a car-chase film. They single out the choppy editing, which destroys the chase’s spatial coherence and excitement. [Read the review](https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/gone-in-sixty-seconds-1200463021/) ## Eye for Film — Josh Morrall Fi1m's normalised score 55/100 (inferred from the text). 21 March 2002. Morrall finds the film watchable as a popcorn blockbuster despite its weak, implausible script. He singles out the action and motoring stunts as excellent, while criticizing the film’s testosterone-heavy treatment of its female lead. [Read the review](https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/gone-in-60-seconds-film-review-by-josh-morrall) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds.md