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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertNight Moves is one of the best psychological thrillers in a long time.
- 100USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkScreenwriter Alan Sharp's dialogue, as edgy as his name, combines with Penn's incisive direction to create memorable characters played by Hackman, Ward, Jennifer Warren and a young James Woods as an auto mechanic you don't want messing with your points and plugs. [22 July 2005, p.6E]
- 90Time OutTime OutA truly enigmatic thriller and a key film of the '70s, brilliantly scripted by Alan Sharp.
- 83The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinFilled with shadows both literal and figurative, Night Moves elegantly combines the hard-edged pessimism, crackling banter, and all-consuming darkness of classic noir with the paranoia and bitterness that characterizes so much '70s cinema.
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumOne of Penn's best features; his direction of actors is sensitive and purposeful throughout.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA stunning, stylish detective mystery in the classic Raymond Chandler/Ross Macdonald mold. [02 Sep 1990, p.72]
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThis excellent contemporary noir features some of the best work of both director Arthur Penn and actor Gene Hackman.
- 60The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyAn elegant conundrum, a private‐eye film that has its full share of duplicity, violence and bizarre revelation, but whose mind keeps straying from questions of pure narrative to those of the hero's psyche.