Rush
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: January 17, 1992 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Taking a courageous cue from Drugstore Cowboy, in which drugs are actually acknowledged to be enjoyable, Rush intoxicates the head for a while. But it peaks way before the movie's over. You're caught in a slow but steady decline, an unwanted comedown. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Zanuck and Dexter employ an elliptical narrative style, stringing together vaguely connected scenes that nervously cut away before their full, depressing implications can sink in. The result is a lack of any meaningful character development or narrative drive. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Rush is often more successful at being clinical than at being clear. Read full review
60
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Lili Fini Zanuck's directorial debut is impressively gritty and intense, and she avoids finger-wagging, but for all her good efforts, the movie suffers from deja vu: we've been down this road before. [13 Jan 1992, p.67]
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Despite a gritty screenplay by Pete Dexter from Kim Wozencraft's factual book, Zanuck's debut feature fails to keep its dramatic sightlines clear. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
While competent, it's too routine to generate much interest. Leigh is effective as always, but has little to chew on; Patric has even less. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
Rush is dour, and its danger and its spectacle of mind-melting become humdrum. Still, the film is well-acted and is painstakingly accurate in details. [10 Jan 1992, p.C3]
40
EmpireAngie Errigo
In some quarters this will doubtless be hailed as "gritty" and "realistic". Movies about junkies just aren't much fun, however, and to be really powerful or tragic they need to be a lot less hack­neyed and directed with more inspira­tion than this. Read full review
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