Tuff Turf
New World Pictures | Release Date: January 11, 1985 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
6
Negative:
4
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60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Enough visual bravado to overpower the peculiarities of its class pretensions. Read full review
50
Washington PostPaul Attanasio
Tuff Turf is a youthsploitation movie that has fun with its formula, and for that, two cheers. But director Fritz Kiersch's twists promise more than they deliver -- it's just more grist for the run-of-the-mill. Read full review
50
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
This modestly budgeted youth pic is a poor man's and partially musicalized Rebel without a Cause with a touch of The Warriors thrown in. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleSteve Davis
If Tuff Turf had used a little more of Downey's relaxed intelligence and amiability, and a little less teenage angst and sense of violence as retribution, it might have been tough stuff. As it is, it's a lightweight in a genre populated with featherweights. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
What if Holden Caulfield turned into Charles Bronson? That piquant premise underlies the lively but confused teen exploitation film, Tuff Turf.
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
The intensity of the melodrama here is undermined by a camp-ish turn from Robert Downey Jr as Morgan's leathered friend and by risible musical outbursts from Spader and Kim Richards. Read full review
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