Britney's mega-hot "Criminal" music video hasn't even been out for 24 hours, and it's all anyone can talk about! Within an hour of its premiere, "Criminal" was trending on Twitter and at the no. 1 spot on the iTunes Music Videos Chart. Check out what the critics have to say: "'Criminal' starts off as a tribute to old Hollywood, with the singer dolled up like an icy leading lady in a Hitchcock movie. ...from there on out, we're in the usual comfort zone of a Britney video – sexy dancing, sexy vamping – with the added bonus of gratuitous PDA between the pop star and her real-life boyfriend, Jason Trawick." —Rolling Stone "Britney Spears' 'Criminal' video is very, very, very sexy. Like 'wowser' sexy. In the Chris Marrs Piliero-directed ('I Wanna Go') video, Video Britney and her Video Boyfriend, played by real-life boyfriend Jason Trawick, share a lot of steamy moments, including one hot sex scene as well as a very naked shower scene." —MTV News "Britney Spears gets in touch with her inner bad girl in the music video for her new single, 'Criminal,' in which the pop superstar is seen doing everything from robbing a convenient store to hooking up in the shower with her real-life boyfriend, Jason Trawick. The video’s sexy, movie-like tone is fitting for the single, which tells the story of a girl who irrationally falls for a bonafide bad boy." —Celebuzz "The mini-movie features plenty of gunplay, but it starts out rather tame, with Britney looking foxy at a fancy cocktail party. Unfortunately, her date is a philandering, hot-tempered thug, and after Spears insults a woman he tries picking up, asking why she's not 'working the street corner,' the dude takes her outside and gives her a slap." —AOL Music "Britney Spears and Jason Trawick are getting steamy in her new 'Criminal' video — and it's seriously steamy y'all. By the looks of the video, it's clear the couple have a solid chemistry in the sack and bods that look like they haven't skipped the gym in, well... ever." —E! Online "Britney gets to flex her acting muscle in the short film-style music video, with an intro that features the singer at a posh London party, fighting with a slappy British boyfriend, until a hot stranger (her real-life boyfriend Jason Trawick) comes to her rescue... They have lots of sexy downtime — their gun-toting shenanigans are interspersed with lots of nude, arty love scenes." —Buzz Sugar "OMG! It’s OUT!! Britney Spears, who teased the release of her new music video yesterday with a set of amazing animated gifs, has FINALLY released the music video for her new single 'Criminal,' and it is FANTASTIC! I’m not even kidding, y’all. This video is one of Britney‘s best… of all time. This video is so good not only because of its high production value but because the story told here is actually entertaining and compelling." —Pink Is The New Blog "...Sparks instantly fly drawing Britney and Jason to a number of steamy love scenes including a hot-and-heavy one in the shower. Not only does she become a passionate partner in bed, but the southern belle also turns into an excellent sidekick in his crime spree." —Ace Showbiz "For the video for her fourth Femme Fatale single, Britney Spears delivered an epic mini-movie, full of romance, intrigue, and a whole lot of makeout sessions with her real-life boyfriend, Jason Trawick... All in all, this was a pretty entertaining video, with a whole lot of unnecessary PDA between Brit and her beau. It was full of passion, joy and just a little touch of madness — just like its star." —Idolator "Britney Spears‘ controversial video for her flute-laden new single ‘Criminal’ is more of a sexed up mini-movie than anything else. Brit and her real-life boyfriend Jason Trawick are fashioned as a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde in this five-minute piece of pop music cinema." —PopCrush "The best moment, though, is in the beginning when Britney kicks a dude in the crotch and then proclaims, "Now I'm okay. [Smirk.]" Britney is having fun again!" —NYmag.com "...The pair engage in steamy shower sex that puts Spears’ solo steam-room escapades from 'Womanizier' to shame. I’m not loving the abuse going on at the beginning of the vid, but it does give us the set up to allow Spears to be her sassy self: “So you’re not working the street corner tonight I see.” LOVE. The explosive finish of Trawick and Spears making out in the middle of a shootout was pretty awesomely good-girl-gone-bad for Spears." —EW Music Mix "Steamy shower sex, slaps to the face, kicks to the crotch, convenience store stick ups and a crime spree on the streets of London – Britney Spears’ new video for 'Criminal' is here! The singer’s modern-day 'Bonnie and Clyde' musical adventure is filled with various criminal acts intermixed with sex scenes and shots of the star dancing in a hallway." —Access Hollywood "We can't honestly remember the last time Britney Spears looked so gorgeous in a music video. Perhaps she was glowing because her real-life boyfriend Jason Trawick played her onscreen bad boy beau? Whatever it was, she needs to keep this momentum going because 'Criminal' might just be Britney's best video in the 'Femme Fatale' era." —HuffPost Entertainment

I was gonna make this thread and it was going to be hot.

Originally posted by ifyouseekLEM I was gonna make this thread and it was going to be hot.

Was there ever any doubt?



...Vin

Originally posted by Barbarella It really is a hot video though. No hate here.

OSCARNEY

Originally posted by ifyouseekLEM One of Britney's best all-time. Britney always has ONE iconic video each era (BOMT/Oops/Slave/Toxic/Gimme More Piece Of Me/Womanizer)....and Criminal is the video from the Femme Fatale Era.

Originally posted by exclamation!marks Fixed

He said iconic, not best. Though most of these are her best (all, actually, besides GM) Gimme More is iconic because of its...contrast to her general quality level.

:: Grantland makes this observation: “Britney seems happy in this video. Unlike some other times, the happiness here seems genuine, not defensively forced (cough cough Beyonce).”

:: And finally, Chart Rigger gives Brit an A for effort: “…while many artists in the midst of their world tour who are this deep into an album at this point would be serving up a clip with concert footage, thankfully Lady Spears is still giving it 100% on the video front.”