On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a rating of 53% based on reviews from 149 critics and an average score of 5.37/10. The critical consensus reads: "Sleek and shiny on the surface, "The Fast and the Furious" recalls those cheesy teenage exploitation flicks of the 1950s." On Metacritic, the film has score of 58 out of 100 based on reviews from 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+, on a scale from A to F.