Cruising
United Artists | Release Date: February 15, 1980 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
9
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50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
In its shameless excavation and exploitation of the killer-queen archetype–the homosexual so riddled with self-loathing and guilt that they feel an insatiable urge to kill and punish others–the film is bad politics and dodgy, flawed filmmaking, but it's weirdly resonant and thoroughly haunting all the same. Read full review
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IndieWireMichael Koresky
Recouping this one amounts to nothing more than taking part in a Friedkin vanity project. Cruising has been freshly dug up for a new generation of luckily clueless viewers; but, as we know, children shouldn’t play with dead things. Read full review
40
TimeFrank Rich
As a simple detective story, the film is defeated by narrative loopholes, unconvincing plot twists and the last-minute injection of a demon who seems to have drifted in, half-baked, from The Exorcist. The psychological drama is forfeited by the handling of the central character. Read full review
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