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Metascore
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.
- 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.
- 60EmpireIan FreerEmpireIan FreerEastwood is in good, if not great form, Bridges steals the whole show, and Cimino displays a sense of unpretentious fun and appealing grasp of character.
- 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.