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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
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Average Rating
3.9
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4.5
Debuting director Michael Cimino obtains superior performances from Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis and especially Jeff Bridges.
Variety
1.5
The likeable result, made for and with the personnel of Eastwoods Malpaso Company, looks like a throwaway Eastwood vehicle.
Time Out
3.0
Cimino is so into making his images glow that he forgets to make the film move.
E Film Critic
3.0
Eastwood is in good, if not great form, Bridges steals the whole show, and Cimino displays a sense of unpretentious fun and appealing grasp of charact ..
4.4
THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT is a multifaceted caper film told in fine detail with richly developed characters.
Tv Guide
3.8
And while theres no denying the power of the movies affecting conclusion, The Deer Hunters overall impact is ultimately dulled by the pervading aura o ..
Reel Film Reviews
4.5
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New Yorker
4.0
A great buddy heist movie that gets pulled down by some angry interlopers.
The Filmy Ap
4.0
Here, when Thunderbolt And Lightfoots heroes arrive at a plaque noting, The one room schoolhouse evokes a vision of a vanished America outside a build ..
The Dissolve
5.0
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot has the ingredients of a high dollar buddy comedy, but it also steers toward quieter, more mature territory that ultimately ..
Fresh Fiction
4.5
Eastwoods best non western movie and Ciminos great debut as writer director.
Film4
3.8
It frequently soars, and Gottsagens irresistible performance will stick with viewers.
Film Frenzy
3.8
While the documentary style doesnt necessarily lend itself to emotional connection, here, Allen probes the depths of human desire for love and accepta ..
From the Front Row
4.5
Director writer Michael Cimino seems a master of offhand humor and bizarre characterization.
Los Angeles Free Press
4.5
Cimino was already making an aesthetic of inarticulateness, and the film is by turns surly, incoherent, and provocatively mysterious.
Chicago Reader
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