Between this movie and The End, this is what Burt Reynolds should have been doing all along. In the few vehicles that he's given himself to work in some sort of halfway sophisticated comedy, he shows himself to be a master at timing and understatement. He could have built a career for himself as the level, likable handsome lead who is continually put upon by wacky supporting characters and sticky situations.
I think it's a shame that Burt Reynolds opted for so much lowbrow drive-in movie slapstick or for playing caricatured hardboiled detective sex symbol types and supposed Dixie anti-heroes. He's got so much more talent than that.
I think it's a shame that Burt Reynolds opted for so much lowbrow drive-in movie slapstick or for playing caricatured hardboiled detective sex symbol types and supposed Dixie anti-heroes. He's got so much more talent than that.