Two-Minute Warning
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 12, 1976 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3
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Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
In the highly suspenseful 1976 Two-Minute Warning, directed with terrific energy and control by Larry Peerce, a football game takes on a subtly symbolic aspect as the cops pursue a mad sniper on the loose in a packed football stadium. [05 Jun 1988, p.2]
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
An off-the-beaten-track story [based on the novel by George La Fountaine] of a football stadium crowd menaced by a sniper, combined with above-average plotting, acting and direction. Read full review
60
TimeJay Cocks
Most of these matters cancel each other out, but there is just enough energy remaining to make Two-Minute Warning an amusing time waster. Read full review
60
NewsweekJanet Maslin
Peerce gives an unexpectedly sunny, picture-postcard feeling to a film that is rated R for violence. [22 Nov 1976, p.110]
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Efficient enough as formula suspense, but it fails to confront the implications of its subject, preferring instead evasiveness and fast cynicism to pull it through. Read full review
30
The New York TimesRichard Eder
The movie is a blank, in other words, until the end. And then, suddenly, a lot of people are killed very gorily; and there is a mass stampede, and the football crowd becomes a panicked, murderous mob. And even the panic lacks emotion. It has momentum—lots of feet stepping on faces—and viciousness. Nothing more. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It's a cheerfully unashamed exploitation of two of our great national preoccupations, pro football and guns. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This mess is no fun until the sniper starts shooting--at least that livens things up a bit. Read full review
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