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02/09/06
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
Reviews for The Sugarland Express
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05/24/03
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01/01/00
Top CriticThere's no question that this is a director with a God-given talent.
08/30/04
With this first theatrical feature, Steven Spielberg proved he had the right stuff to become America's purest and most accomplished film entertainer.
03/10/03
Features real attention to the sort of character dynamics that would serve subsequent [Spielberg] titles.
08/19/04
Steven Spielberg in Malickland, with dolly and zoom and a wagonload of familial issues
09/25/09
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.
10/23/04
Top Critic[W]ould be mostly forgotten melodrama if it hadn’t been directed by a kid named Steven Spielberg...
10/29/04
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.
12/01/06
We can see a little of ourselves in Lou Jean and Clovis, and we wish them the best.
02/28/02
The movie has a casual craziness that seems especially native.
05/21/03
Top CriticModest but assured work.
06/12/09
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
08/18/04
No review available.
01/22/03
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02/20/09
Top CriticOne of the most purely fun and slyly political films Spielberg has ever made. One of Hawn's best performances.
12/22/05
Masterful command of atmosphere and tone, great, understated performances.
07/13/03
No review available.
04/09/04
No review available.
01/19/07
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