Lift Trivia | 20 facts about the Netflix original

“Lift” is a heist comedy film streaming on Netflix starring Kevin Hart and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.

1. Lift is a 2024 American heist comedy film
2. It is directed by F. Gary Gray
3. It is written by Daniel Kunka
4. The film stars Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D’Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno, and Sam Worthington
5. Hart also served as a producer
6. Lift was released on Netflix on January 12, 2024
7. In March 2021, Dan Kunka’s spec script Lift was acquired by Netflix
8. With Simon Kinberg’s Genre Pictures and Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho set to produce
9. In September, F. Gary Gray was set to direct and Kevin Hart was attached to star and produce
10. Principal photography took place from February to May 2022 in Italy and Northern Ireland
11. Filming occurred in March at Belfast’s Harbour Studios
12. Scenes were shot in Trieste on the Miramare Castle grounds in late May
13. It was originally scheduled to be released on August 25, 2023
14. However, it was postponed as a result of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike in the United States
15. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 29% rating
16. Based on 42 critics’ reviews
17. With an average rating of 4.6/10
18. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 40 out of 100
19. Based on 18 critics
20. Indicating “mixed or average” reviews