Night Moves
Warner Bros. | Release Date: March 18, 1975 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
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Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Filled with shadows both literal and figurative, Night Moves elegantly combines the hard-edged pessimism, crackling banter, and all-consuming darkness of classic noir with the paranoia and bitterness that characterizes so much '70s cinema. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
One of Penn's best features; his direction of actors is sensitive and purposeful throughout. Read full review
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Night Moves is one of the best psychological thrillers in a long time. Read full review
60
The New York TimesVincent Canby
An elegant conundrum, a private‐eye film that has its full share of duplicity, violence and bizarre revelation, but whose mind keeps straying from questions of pure narrative to those of the hero's psyche. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Night Moves is a paradox: a suspenseless suspenser, very well cast with players who lend sustained interest to largely synthetic theatrical characters. Read full review
90
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
A truly enigmatic thriller and a key film of the '70s, brilliantly scripted by Alan Sharp. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This excellent contemporary noir features some of the best work of both director Arthur Penn and actor Gene Hackman. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A stunning, stylish detective mystery in the classic Raymond Chandler/Ross Macdonald mold. [02 Sep 1990, p.72]
100
USA TodayMike Clark
Screenwriter Alan Sharp's dialogue, as edgy as his name, combines with Penn's incisive direction to create memorable characters played by Hackman, Ward, Jennifer Warren and a young James Woods as an auto mechanic you don't want messing with your points and plugs. [22 July 2005, p.6E]
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