| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: January 26, 1972 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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5
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3
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0
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Yates paces the fast-moving thrills with precision. [25 Apr 2009, p.53]
Laid-back caper movie, adapted by William Goldman from a Donald Westlake novel and directed with the lightest of touches by the perennially underrated Peter Yates. There's lovely footage of early 1970s New York and Quincy Jones provides the ultra-cool soundtrack. [09 Jul 2011, p.30]
Wittily adapted by William Goldman from a Donald E. Westlake novel, it's the best film Yates made between Bullitt and Breaking Away. [08 Aug 1999, p.10]
Director Yates, critically hailed for BULLITT (1968), seems to have little idea what to do with Redford, and the slowest parts of the film are the scenes developing his character into someone the audience still doesn't especially care about. The rest of the film, though, is quite enjoyable as the gang commits elaborate caper after elaborate caper, always finding their objective has just eluded them.
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The dialogue is often painfully hip-cute, but the actors manage to be funny anyway.
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