Cruising

  • 1980


MOVIE IS malicious undercover powerful marginal impassioned
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47 %
49 % Rotten
$ 19 Million
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Positive Reviews 14
Negative reviews 18
Average Rating 2.4/5
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3.1
What were left with is a movie without the courage to declare itself. Rogerebert
1.5
Taking away the kissing, caressing and a few bloody killings, Friedkin has no story, though picture pretends to be a murder mystery combined with a st .. Variety
1.5
Opening with some powerful moments, Cruising soon drifts into bloody Village People type caricature. Time Out
4.4
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
4.0
Despite the many protests to the contrary, the movie doesnt really read as homophobic. E Film Critic
5.0
In the street scenes, theres a virile drive thats unequalled in other big city movies. San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
Yet despite some crudeness in conception, Cruising exists on a level far above a regulation slasher, thanks to its bizarre, one of a kind setting and .. San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
Jurgensen went deep undercover in hopes of provoking an encounter. Village Voice
5.0
On the contrary: taken as a character study, its a gripping yarn full of dramatic dead ends and exciting breakthroughs. Combust Ible Celluloid
0.5
Whats left is the framework for a graphic, brutal, sickening film, without the violent effects that might have made sense (however illegitimate) out o .. Chicago Reader
2.0
While the savagery of the murders and the explicitness of the sexual practices on display are initially unsettling, they soon become numbing and, ulti .. Radio Times
3.5
The most shocking thing about Cruising (shown in 2007 Cannes Fest), which occupies a unique place in film history, is its thematic and visual audacity .. Emanuellevy
1.5
Cruising views better today than in 1980, but that is relative. There remain bothersome errors in consistency and judgment. Reel Talk Reviews
1.3
As a thriller and police procedural, Cruising is dull at best, inept at worst. Q Network
4.5
I hope Ive expressed them in a way thats accessible and a way thats exhilarating, where you can mine the humor out of something horrible. Salon
4.0
Meanwhile, attempting to defuse some of the bad buzz thats been building, Bryan Singer has shoved a Valkyrie trailer online. Total Film
0.0
Viewers are spared nothing as Steve Burns undergoes degrading brutality after brutality; virtually nobody is portrayed sympathetically. Movies Tv Guide
0.5
Here Steves undercover status serves as a metaphor for his closetedness (and vice versa) while murder is committed at the behest of an internalised pa .. Lw Lies
3.0
Cruising isnt Friedkins best movie, but it is certainly his most intriguing. Matts Movie Reviews
3.0
Looking back with the perspective of 40 years, Cruising still isnt a very good movie but its not a terrible one, either. The Filmy Ap
2.5
Its certainly not the grotesque failure of art and morality described in 1980... But a failure nonetheless. Antagony & Ecstasy
1.5
Brave, if flawed, attempt to marry the marginal to the mainstream. Cruising suffers from a lack of discipline but there are some memorable and unsettl .. Film 4
2.0
What an odd relic of the 1980s Cruising is. Controversial enough at the time to derail director William Friedkins career, thirty years later its consi .. Streaming Quickflix
1.5
The film comes off as little more than a sensationalized exploitation flick. Movie Metropolis
0.5
Appropriately framed by opening and closing shots of a garbage scow, Cruising is trash. People
1.9
Still, the movie isnt without its charms, as the pooches are fun to watch and the story is fairly engaging until its heavily schematic third act. Film Frenzy
3.8
A lot of upcoming filmmakers saw Cruising and took notes, because the movie became the prototype for every serial killer movie to follow (see Se7en, B .. Film Critic 1963 Typepad
1.5
And Cruising isnt just a William Friedkin film, its also an Al Pacino movie. The Spool
0.5
This is a malicious movie from the grim voyeurism of the ungraphically depicted sex to the nauseating and unnecessarily explicit scenes of violence. OutWeek
0.5
This detective melodrama has something to offend almost everyone. Content Time
4.5
It has that unnerving 70s quality where nobody seems to know where the limits are anymore, so directors dont even seem to know when theyre crossing a .. Patheos
1.5
The principal complaint, artistically, about Cruising is that it is not very clear at the rudimentary level of exposition of character and event. The .. La Times Blogs La Times
3.0
Friedkin makes the kind of films that a pod from Invasion of the Body Snatchers might make given the chance. Kineto Film Blog Spot
2.5
Is it offensive Yes and no. Its insensitive, certainly. And I wouldnt want my mother watching it, lest she think Ive been in a sling in the meatpackin .. After Elton



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