The Outsiders
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: March 25, 1983 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
8
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
This is a film that carries you along and there is an added savour in seeing those cherubic faces which have since settled into middle age. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeJohn Engstrom
The director gives us a small, sincere and nearly perfectly realized film about adolescence in Oklahoma, aptly entitled The Outsiders. [24 Mar 1983]
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Francis Coppola's revision of his 1983 film of S.E. Hinton's best seller The Outsiders is funny, touching and revelatory, with twenty-two minutes of added footage and a new soundtrack featuring Elvis Presley. [Review of re-release] Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The charismatic Dillon is a believable delinquent and gets solid support from a cast that went on to populate some of the better youth pictures in years to come. [Review of re-release] Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Coppola's teenagers seem trapped inside too many layers of storytelling. Read full review
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