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Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: January 26, 1972 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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80
The GuardianPaul Howlett
Yates paces the fast-moving thrills with precision. [25 Apr 2009, p.53]
80
The TelegraphStaff (Not Credited)
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]
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Redford and Segal are both good, parodying their normal images, as the thieves who steal the Sahara Stone from the Brooklyn Museum and spend the rest of the film chasing after it. Like Cops and Robbers it's a lightweight film, but enjoyable nonetheless. Read full review
70
The Observer (UK)Phillip French
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]
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It's only the movie's tendency to repeat itself and to stop for unnecessary scenes of character development that keep it from being a classically pure - which is to say, totally devious - caper movie. Read full review
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