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Midnight Run
1988
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3.9
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4.4
Its rare for a thriller to end with a scene of genuinely moving intimacy, but this one does, and it earns it.
Rogerebert
5.0
I felt like that was a good way to go . . .Chuck is funny, very dry.
Telegraph
4.0
Here is a road movie that transcends the genre with its offbeat humor and rounded characters.
Spirituality And Practice
4.2
Midnight Run might be thought of as merely an escapist fun film, but it makes its two lead characters real and turns the fast paced action comedy into ..
Sover
4.0
Martin Brest directed this comedy thriller from a George Gallo script.
Chicago Reader
4.0
Review Our Score by Adrian Turner Robert De Niro played this action picture for laughs and, as a result, had his first hit in years.
Radio Times
2.5
For all its hard driving plot twists, Midnight Run doesnt escape the old Hollywood patterns for more than a few welcome moments.
Cs Monitor
3.5
Youve seen it lots of times, but its the sort of thing that works entirely based on the level of the couple doing the bonding. In this case, De Niro a ..
Mountain X
3.0
Bruce Willis has based his career on apologizing for being a man.
Time
3.5
The bulk of the dialogue that passes between them is buddy familiar and never more than workmanlike, but the actors seem so juiced by each other that ..
Washington Post
5.0
Brest propels the drama forward with planes, trains and automobiles (helicopters, too), but also makes time for De Niro, Grodin, and an excellent supp ..
Washington Post
4.0
The original Run was a hit back in the 80s, boasting a great script and brilliant chemistry between De Niro and Grodin.
Total Film
3.5
A thoroughly engaging action film, Midnight Run boasts a superb cast that transforms its rather mundane story line into something memorable, funny, an ..
Movies Tv Guide
2.0
The surprise is that there is still plenty of both left on the screen.
Ny Times
3.0
Its not a very original idea or a very inventive screenplay: one more buddy buddy crime comedy, with a tightly suppressed homo erotic undercurrent, lo ..
La Times
4.4
It isnt a flashy style of direction, but its inconspicuous grace is in the best tradition of American filmmaking: It is the skill of Howard Hawks and ..
Articles Chicago Tribune
4.4
Our Flick of the Week is Midnight Run, a beautifully acted, comic thriller duet.
Articles Chicago Tribune
4.0
Brace yourself for a movie joyride that sends you home reeling from thrills, laughter and the pleasure of honest sentiment.
People
3.5
This is, of course, what all action/comedies should do, but far too many of them miss the boat.
Articles Orlando Sentinel
4.0
Hard to believe, but hes really funny.There is no other movie quite like it in this summer of too many sequels and projects with confusingly similar t ..
Articles Sun Sentinel
4.0
They hold this film together; they make it both funny and compelling.
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