Airport '77
Universal Pictures | Release Date: March 11, 1977 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie’s a big, slick entertainment, relentlessly ridiculous and therefore never boring for long. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Here we go again--it's time for a 747 to meet disaster once more with a host of colorful characters to worry about as they go down--and this time they go down 50 feet into the ocean. Read full review
50
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
The story’s formula banality is credible most of the time and there’s some good actual US Navy search and rescue procedure interjected in the plot. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyStaff (Not Credited)
Silly as it is (c’mon, helium balloons?), Airport ’77 is the most suspenseful of the series, with death looming over a planeload of Oscar winners, each trying to out-ham the others before their oxygen runs out. Read full review
40
The New York TimesVincent Canby
Airport '77 looks less like the work of a director and writers than like a corporate decision. Read full review
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