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''Collateral'' received positive reviews. On the review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 86% based on 238 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The critical consensus states that "Driven by director Michael Mann's trademark visuals and a lean, villainous performance from Tom Cruise, ''Collateral'' is a stylish and compelling noir thriller."<ref name="RottenTomatoes" /> On [[Metacritic]], the film had an average score of 71 out of 100, based on 41 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="Metacritic" /> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= CinemaScore |work= cinemascore.com |access-date= |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
[[Stephen Hunter]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' praised the film and Cruise's performance. He summarized the film as "the best kind of genre filmmaking: It plays by the rules, obeys the traditions and is both familiar and fresh at once".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hunter |first1=Stephen |title='Collateral': The Meter Keeps Running |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44231-2004Aug5.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107140952/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44231-2004Aug5.html |archive-date=January 7, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying Mann's direction and insightful dialogue elevated ''Collateral'' above
[[Desson Thomson]] gave similar praise to Foxx, finding the actor "quietly pries the movie from Cruise's big-marquee fingers".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomson |first1=Desson |title='Collateral': Foxx Grabs Wheel of Cruise Vehicle |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/08/06/AR2005033112621.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129213321/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/08/06/AR2005033112621.html |archive-date=November 29, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[David Ansen]] of ''[[Newsweek]]'' praised the film, although he criticized its third act as "generic and farfetched".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ansen |first1=David |title=Snap Judgment: Movies |date=August 8, 2004 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/snap-judgement-movies-126329 |publisher=[[Newsweek]] |access-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322054152/https://www.newsweek.com/snap-judgement-movies-126329 |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Placing the film on his best of the year list, [[Richard Schickel]] of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine praised the acting in addition to Mann's direction and Beattie's screenplay, despite finding logical inconsistencies in the plot and that it "does not have quite enough completely compelling incidents to sustain its considerable length".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Schickel |first1=Richard |title=The Hit Man Took a Taxi |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,674780,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=August 2004 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727103237/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,674780,00.html |archive-date=July 27, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Schickel |first1=Richard |title=Top Ten Everything 2004 |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1999700_1998807_1998865,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 17, 2004 |access-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715094216/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1999700_1998807_1998865,00.html |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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