Let It Ride
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: August 18, 1989 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
4
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The major irritant is the hyperactive direction by Joe Pytka, a near-legendary helmer of TV commercials who films each scene as if it were the last, with everybody in the frame strenuously choreographed and overly busy. Read full review
38
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
Pytka may know how to push fizzy water, but he certainly can't make a punch line sparkle. [21 Aug 1989]
30
Washington PostRita Kempley
Pytka's marginally successful at setting this gambler's fantasy against the Damon Runyonesque aspects of the horsy life. Read full review
10
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The movie is so witless and confused in tone that its seedy racetrack clientele only emerge as dim, inarticulate cartoons. Read full review
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