Continental Divide
Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 18, 1981 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie itself is fun: goofy, softhearted, fussy, sometimes funny, and with the sort of happy ending that columnists like to find for their stories and hardly ever find themselves. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Mr. Apted has made this a sweet, engaging movie that audiences will very much want to see end well. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
For a picture that you can't really believe for a second, Continental Divide still comes off as a reasonably engaging entertainment thanks to some lively performances and a liberal dose of laughs throughout the script. Read full review
70
Washington PostRita Kempley
A refreshing fall film. [18 Sep 1981, p.19]
67
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Continental Divide should have marked Belushi's tentative, encouraging first step towards quirkier, more substantive roles and films. Instead it, and Neighbors were more of a dead end. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This unlikely love story never really pays off, largely due to Lawrence Kasdan's contrived script. To their credit, a very subdued Belushi and an appealing Brown do their best to add a patina of light charm to this minor effort, and largely they succeed. Read full review
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Kasdan has eliminated all the conflicting interests and the psychological impediments to a happy marriage, leaving the physical separation as the only obstacle. There's nothing left for the movie to be about except how the hero and the heroine can conquer space. (And at the end, the pictured fudges even this.)
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