Straight Time
Warner Bros. | Release Date: March 17, 1978 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
One yearns for a routine cops and robbers story, but Grosbard lingers with illusory impartiality over the technical details of the parole system, the problems of finding accommodation and work, and the nastiness of the backyard pool-and-barbecue life-style of riche America. Read full review
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
The script has first-rate, hardheaded, precise, sometimes funny dialogue, but it errs in bringing this girl too much to the center. Dramatically, the film lacks snap; there isn't enough tension in the way Max destroys his freedom, and so the story drags--it seems to have nowhere to go but down.
50
Washington PostGary Arnold
This story has explosive screen possibilities. What it seems to lack is an incendiary star. [22 Mar 1978, p.D9]
40
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Straight Time is a most unlikeable film because Dustin Hoffman, starring as a paroled and longtime criminal, cannot overcome the essentially distasteful and increasingly unsympathetic elements in the character. Ulu Grosbard's sluggish direction doesn't help. Read full review
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