Big Wednesday

Name: Big Wednesday
Genre: Drama, Sport
Released: May 26, 1978
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Darrell Fetty, Gary Busey, Gerry Lopez, Hank Worden, Jan-Michael Vincent

1978

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: May 26, 1978 | PG

Starring: Darrell Fetty, Gary Busey, Gerry Lopez, Hank Worden, Jan-Michael Vincent, Joe Spinell, Lee Purcell, Patti D'Arbanville, Sam Melville, William Katt

Summary: The lives of some California surfers from the early 1960s to the 1970s.

Director: John Milius

Genre(s): Drama, Sport

Rating: PG

Runtime: 120 min

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Empire Colin Kennedy

A key film from the movie brats-era, and quite possibly Milius best. Read full review

The Guardian Maxton Walker

Maybe in the end it's just an exuberant collection of great scenes – but what Big Wednesday has is heart. Read full review

Sam Adams

There are moments when Big Wednesday strains under the weight of Milius’ ambition, but they’re balanced with lively authenticity and a brisk lack of sentiment. Read full review

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All this, along with the tremulous romanticism, might seem unbearably portentous were it not for some lovely comic moments - notably, Busey in the draft-dodging scenes - and the sheer exhilaration of the surfing footage. Read full review

Robert Martin

Big Wednesday is American writer-director John Milius' attempt to use surfing as a metaphor for life. It doesn't work. [27 June 1978]

Janet Maslin

The movie often seems even more uneventful than material like this need make it, and Mr. Milius's attention to his actors focuses more closely on their pectorals than on their performances. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Although Brown (Endless Summer) captured the beauty and fun of his favorite sport in his "surfumentaries," Milius, whose work always seems underlain with weighty symbolic intent, infuses Big Wednesday with heavy-handed philosophy and all-around stupidity. Read full review

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