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Cannonball Run

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Cannonball Run (1981)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:9

Rotten:20

Average Rating:4.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A cross-country car race provides the plot for this action-packed madcap comedy with an all-star cast. The fun continues from coast to coast with the likes of Burt Reynolds, Jackie Chan, Roger... A cross-country car race provides the plot for this action-packed madcap comedy with an all-star cast. The fun continues from coast to coast with the likes of Burt Reynolds, Jackie Chan, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Mel Tillis, Sammy Davis Jr., and dozens of others. [More]

Starring: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin

Starring: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jamie Farr, Mel Tillis, Adrienne Barbeau, Dom DeLuise

Director: Hal Needham

Director: Hal Needham

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Jun 5, 2001

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Nonsense but fun nevertheless with a crazy ensemble cast of celebrities of the era.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/05/08
Ian Nathan
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine

Full of terribly inside showbiz jokes and populated by what could be called Burt and Hal's Rat Pack, film takes place in that redneck never-never land where most of the guys are beer-guzzling good ole boys and all the gals are fabulously built tootsies.

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05/05/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety

No review available.

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03/01/08
David Kaplan
David Kaplan
Kaplan vs. Kaplan

This wholly derivative car-chase movie provides a flimsy excuse for good ol' boy Burt Reynolds to cavort on-screen with a cast that's chock-full of familiar faces.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/09/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Amiable, lightweight fun. Captain Chaos saves the day.

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02/18/06
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

The last five minutes, when they show out-takes of flubbed lines, etc, are hysterical. The rest is strictly for those willing to pay for a series of TV chat show performances.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out

My review at the time of release heralded this as, 'Wow! Whatta movie!' -- I am now officially amending that to: 'Wow! Amusing junk!'

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08/14/05
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
ÜberCiné

No review available.

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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

It doesn't get any better or BIGGER than this

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05/06/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Film Threat

If it wasn't for the blooper reel at the end, this would get no stars.

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04/28/05
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

A total waste of time.

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11/06/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

AAA calculates better road trips.

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10/30/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

The Cannonball Run is an abdication of artistic responsibility at the lowest possible level of ambition. In other words, they didn't even care enough to make a good lousy movie.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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09/23/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Inoffensive and sometimes funny.

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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times

evokes another age before The Fast and the Furious and NASCAR replaced the fun in racing with, respectively, death and science

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06/14/04
Eric Meyerson
Eric Meyerson
Filmcritic.com

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03/19/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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02/24/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

A movie that should have crashed at the starting line.

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02/15/04
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Easier to take than most of Reynolds' other "flying car" epics

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01/11/04
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
 
 
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