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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyThe sort of comedy that leaves you exhausted, though not from laughing.
- 50Time OutTime OutSilver Streak, the train which travels from LA to Chicago and houses a murder, dawdles rather than streaks. Characters and plot ramble at will, and no matter how high Colin Higgins' script flies, Arthur Hiller's direction remains with feet and hands firmly on the ground.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineSilver Streak is a throwback to the screwball comedies of the 1930s but with none of the verve or the motivation needed to get an audience to swallow the shenanigans.
- 50NewsweekNewsweekIt isn't a comedy - it's a sluggish adventure movie about an L.A.-to-Chicago train trip that wastes two considerable talents. [13 Dec 1976, p.106A]
- 40EmpireWilliam ThomasEmpireWilliam ThomasIts hard to remember that this extremely unexceptional film was a major hit back in the 70s.
- 30The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelSo inept you can't even get angry; it's like the imitations of sophisticated entertainment that high-school kids put on.