Alligator
Group 1 International Distribution Organization Ltd. | Release Date: November 14, 1980 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1
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25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I suggest a plan: Why not try flushing this movie down the toilet to see if it also grows into something big and fearsome? Read full review
60
EmpireKim Newman
Enjoyable, but this croc-fest is no Lake Placid. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty
Clever, funny, and wonderfully bloody. Read full review
70
The New York TimesVincent Canby
A very funny meditation on the old ''what happens when you flush the goldfish down the john?'' nightmare. It is also a formula film that simultaneously demonstrates the specific requirements of the formula while sending them up with good humor. Read full review
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
An effective and unpretentious treat. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
All in all, a fine example of what a sense of humor can do with a low budget and an old idea. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Alligator is bloody and boisterous, featuring the only man-eating monster in memory named Ramone. Read full review
70
NewsweekCharles Michener
What really puts Alligator above all the other Jaws"ripoffs is its snappy sense of humor. [20 Apr 1981, p.93]
70
Washington PostGary Arnold
Alligator, the most amusing variation yet on the Jaws formula, finds plenty of room for incidental humor and romantic byplay while sustaining a breezy suspense plot. [20 May 1981, p.B1]
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay Scott
It is, to be sure, a Jaws ripoff, but it has enough sidelong wit and head-on scares to guarantee its revival as a classic cult item long after more expensive, ambitious efforts like Altered States have been forgotten. [13 Apr 1981]
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