Running Scared
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: June 27, 1986 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Nonstop banter between the two stars is rowdy, intimate, natural and often very funny. Hyams keeps most of it fresh, including the action ending, staged within one of Chicago’s architectural spectacles, the cavernous, glass-enclosed Illinois State Building. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I liked the smaller-scale scenes the best, the ones where Hines and Crystal were doing their stuff. Read full review
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
With their sloppy slapstick and wet Menudo jokes, one only wonders why more people aren't out to kill them. But Crystal and Hines do flavour the film with genuine warmth, and despite some cheap gags, work well together to produce some truly funny moments. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneGene Siskel
Crystal and Hines are immediately likable on the screen, so the fact that Running Scared isn`t all that we expect must be due to the script. The film`s ending does leave room for a sequel. If one is made, director Hyams should get Crystal and Hines a better story as well as that bar in Florida. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldChristine Arnold
Though a "summer" movie set in wintery Chicago might seem less than logical, this one does what good escapist fare should: loses you in a world with enough excitement and fun that surrender becomes easy. [27 June 1986, p.D1]
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