North Dallas Forty
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: August 3, 1979 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
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Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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16
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2
Negative:
0
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Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Something of a mess, both in terms of the wayward plot which rambles all over the place, and in terms of the rather muddled juggling of audience sympathies. Read full review
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Boston GlobeStaff (Not Credited)
Nick Nolte electrifies the football-cum-drugs saga with a remarkable performance as Phil Elliott, a pot smokin', beer swillin', cocaine sniffin' tight end for the North Dallas Bulls. But the erratic direction of Ted Kotcheff and the wayward script are strictly second-string. [10 Jun 2014, p.G15]
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