Stroker Ace
Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 1, 1983 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
4
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50
Washington PostGary Arnold
A knuckleheaded but amiable summer trifle, Stroker Ace is aimed straight at Burt Reynolds' vast heartland public. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Stroker Ace is another in a series of essentially identical movies he has made with director Hal Needham, and although it's allegedly based on a novel, it's really based on their previous box-office hits like Smokey and the Bandit and The Cannonball Run. Read full review
30
The New York TimesVincent Canby
The must-miss movie of the summer. It's a witless retread of the earlier, far funnier road-movie collaborations of Mr. Needham and Mr. Reynolds. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Burt Reynolds hits new lows as he mugs his way through this film as Stroker Ace, a race-car driver who's under the control of chicken-franchise owner Clyde Torkle (Ned Beatty). The script is filled with good ol' boy humor and car crackups. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldTerry Kelleher
It's hard to believe there could be so much slack in a film only 96 minutes long. Director Needham blows off the last 25 or so with a race sequence. We're treated to one uninteresting crowd shot after another while a Dixieland band plays Dixie -- all of Dixie -- on the soundtrack. [02 July 1983, p.C5]
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