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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The DissolveKeith PhippsThe DissolveKeith PhippsBoth Kennedy and Lewis turn in colorful performances, but it’s Eastwood and Bridges’ film, and their ill-defined, tender friendship makes the movie.
- 80CineVueCineVueEastwood and Bridges handle the tricky character transitions well, playing the broad material for the back rows while hinting at the inner darkness. Cimino’s Thunderbolt and Lightfoot beckoned in the strange birth of a true auteur, and it’s one well worth digging into.
- 75Slant MagazineJake ColeSlant MagazineJake ColeOf all the ’70s road movies, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot may be the only one in which the characters find themselves.
- Bridges in particular is quite excellent, taking his character's surface sweetness to at times almost psychotic extremes.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA crisp, well-written cast caper movie sporting some stunning landscapes and a fine core of performances.
- 60Time OutTime OutLooks like a throwaway Eastwood vehicle, through which he drifts as the older partner, allowing Jeff Bridges to strike most of the sparks and steal the movie as his good-natured sidekick.
- 50Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrSurly, incoherent, and provocatively mysterious.
- Not so hot. Try again, boys.