The Sugarland Express (1974)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:22
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Shot in 1974, THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS was made by Steven Spielberg just one year before he rose to international fame with JAWS. Following in the footsteps of Terrence Malick's 1973 tale of lovers on... [More]
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton, Michael Sacks
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Reviews for The Sugarland Express
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Steven Spielberg in Malickland, with dolly and zoom and a wagonload of familial issues Full Review |
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Modest but assured work. Full Review |
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Reflecting the zeitgeist of mid-1970s America, this early Spieleberg picture is still one of his strongest, dealing with alienation, anarchy, and lack of control; Goldie Hawn gives an uncharacteristicaly forceful dramatic performance. Full Review |
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4/5 |
One of the most purely fun and slyly political films Spielberg has ever made. One of Hawn's best performances.
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[W]ould be mostly forgotten melodrama if it hadn’t been directed by a kid named Steven Spielberg... Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
If the movie finally doesn't succeed, that's because Spielberg has paid too much attention to all those police cars (and all the crashes they get into), and not enough to the personalities of his characters. Full Review |
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There's no question that this is a director with a God-given talent. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Features real attention to the sort of character dynamics that would serve subsequent [Spielberg] titles. Full Review |
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4/5 |
a fine example of the fugitives-on-the-run genre, holding its own alongside Thelma and Louise, Bandits, The Defiant Ones, and to a lesser extent Badlands and Bonnie and Clyde Full Review |
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4/5 |
Masterful command of atmosphere and tone, great, understated performances.
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3/5 |
The movie has a casual craziness that seems especially native. Full Review |
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