pulling the feels…
pulling the feels…
FLICKFEEL
70
from 271 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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FUN
68
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
76
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Nobody has rated this on FlickFeel yet. This is public discussion of this title, read into a curve. It is not a rating and it never becomes one.
Read from 271 comments (227 from Reddit, 39 from Metacritic, 5 from TMDB reviews) — 37 of them described how it moves.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Around the middle it was tender and painful at the same time, which is the state people mean by being moved. Marked above the line: 2 that landed as a blow, 3 that got a real laugh.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
“The Captain getting killed was honestly one of the most shocking moments I’ve seen in a while.”
Takemebacktomania · Reddit ↗
“whoever wrote the hotel scene at the end had definitely just finished playing an Uncharted game.”
Chehade · Reddit ↗
“that shit literally had me in tears”
hufusa · Reddit ↗
“Martin definitely gets some solid lines in there, particularly during some scenes near the end.”
“I loved the movie from start to finish.”
Lachlan1258 · Reddit ↗
“pretty funny”
PM_ME_UR_THONG_N_ASS · Reddit ↗
Read 26 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
“It’s impressive and enjoyable to behold how easily Smith and Lawrence slide back into these characters and actually make them more accessible and fun to be around than before.”
Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter · 80
“Not so much bad Bad Boys, more good Bad Boys. And not so-bad-it’s-good Bad Boys either. Instead, this is comfortably the best entry in the series to date. Which isn’t bad.”
Chris Hewitt (1), Empire · 80
“In an exhausted, introspective, dad-jokey way, Bad Boys for Life gives these boys a definitive ending. It isn’t one fans ever expected, but it’s highly watchable.”
Matt Patches, Polygon · 76
“The result is a fun, explosive, and surprisingly thoughtful action movie that manages to thread the needle between the pyrotechnics of vintage Jerry Bruckheimer and the softer, more forward-thinking demands of contemporary multiplex fare. It may not be as raw as “Bad Boys,” but it’s more human. It may not be as operatic as “Bad Boys II,” but, well, neither was “The Ring Cycle.””
David Ehrlich, IndieWire · 75
“While it focuses more on character moments than absolute Bayhem, Bad Boys for Life does feel a bit long and there is a late out-of-nowhere plot twist that feels a little far-fetched even for these movies. Thankfully, neither detracts from the delightful spectacle that comes with Smith and Lawrence fist-bumping and insult-slinging just like it was 1995 again.”
Brian Truitt, USA Today · 75
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 24 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“The Captain getting killed was honestly one of the most shocking moments I’ve seen in a while.”
Takemebacktomania▲ 796about 50–75% inread it ↗
“whoever wrote the hotel scene at the end had definitely just finished playing an Uncharted game.”
Chehade▲ 409about 80–100% inread it ↗
“that shit literally had me in tears”
hufusa▲ 180about 75–100% inread it ↗
“Martin definitely gets some solid lines in there, particularly during some scenes near the end.”
▲ 176about 75–100% inread it ↗
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