75
Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe film captures a moment, playfully but without losing sight of the stakes, when the hot political temperatures of the late ’60s and early ’70s made change of one kind or another look inevitable.
- 88Slant MagazineSlant MagazineWith so many brilliant collaborators and points of view, whose movie—whose dream—is it anyway? Ashby seems to say it’s all of ours.
- A still wonderfully penetrating, wise and exact meditation on race relations at the end of the 1960s.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertInstead of staying on that safe, predictable level, it begins to dig into the awkwardness and hypocrisy of our commonly shared, attitudes about race.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe film offers some fine performances, and Ashby's quirky but skillful direction allows the individual personalities of the characters to shine through. The script has a few uneven moments, none of which damage the overall quality of the film, and Willis captures the atmosphere of both rich and poor New York lifestyles with an impressive visual style.
- 70The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelThe dialogue is crisp and often quite startling, and though the editing may be a little too showy and jumpy, the picture has originality and depth, and it’s full of sharp, absurdist humor.
- 63Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrThis 1970 feature was the directorial debut of Hal Ashby (Harold and Maude, Shampoo, Coming Home, Being There), and for a first effort it isn't that bad.