Fandango
Warner Bros. | Release Date: January 25, 1985 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
0
Negative:
2
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80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
There is a sense of déjà vu all right, but this is an extremely attractive valediction to youth, with farcical underpinnings ably handled by Reynolds. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Kevin Reynolds, who wrote and directed Fandango, is for the most part making just another coming-of-age film. But at its best, his debut feature has an appealing boisterousness, and it successfully walks a fine line between sensitivity and swagger. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Fandango emerges as a quite promising feature debut by writer-director Kevin Reynolds, with its feet squarely within the overused boys-coming-of-age genre but its heart betraying an appealingly anarchic, iconoclastic bent. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Fandango overreaches badly and sinks under a heavy weight of symbolism, bathos and sheer preposterousness that no amount of humor and incident can redeem. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Since FANDANGO never has anything to say about its well-worn themes, the film quickly becomes boring and predictable. Read full review
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