The Sugarland Express

After the success of Duel (which was really a TV movie) Sugarland Express (Spielberg's first feature film) flopped at the box office, though it received a reasonably warm critical response. In fact this is a great little movie for all... Full review

Spielberg surprised me with this movie, regardless of whether or not I thought it was going to be good or not. Usually, debuts from film-makers aren't really that good. Very rarely do we have a film-debut that's as good as this.... Full review

Lately, I have been sifting through the films I overlooked in the 1970's and I am glad I gave this one another shot. I saw this on the back end of a drive-in movie in probably 1976 and I didn't remember... Full review

Lately, I have been sifting through the films I overlooked in the 1970's and I am glad I gave this one another shot. I saw this on the back end of a drive-in movie in probably 1976 and I didn't remember... Full review

What is it about those Texas people. They really went out there in this film based upon a true story. What is significant about the film is not Goldie Hawn's performance as the crazy Ila Fae Dent, who had her... Full review

The first theatrical feature by Spielberg, his last as just another director before "Jaws," this story is saddled by what I call an 'idiot's resolve' plot. This means the main characters behave like complete idiots and, in real life, wouldn't... Full review

Before Jaws propelled Steven Spielberg to the moon, he was a television director, often on episodes of Columbo and Night Gallery. Then came Duel, his taut, experimental feat of man vs. man in machines thriller that made him notable, if... Full review

Man, I forgot how much fun this movie actually was. In my mind it was a heavy drama but on my recent viewing (finally it's on DVD!) I rediscovered this movie and found out how fun it was. It kind... Full review

Not having seen this film in many years, I was surprised when TCM showed it recently. This film showcases the talent of Steven Spielberg in his early period. It's even more to his credit that he persisted in filming this... Full review

Haven't heard about "Sugarland Express" till recently and I had to see it because it was vintage Spielberg, and I'm a fan. And I wanted to see the young Goldie Hawn. I was not disappointed. It was one of these... Full review

Something funny about me is that even though I love film as much as I do, I rarely check out older films that were released before my birth in 1981. ... Full Review

The movie works moderately well on its own but doesn't match up with his better flicks. To reflect the film's flat and scorched Texas setting, it offered a subdued Otherwise, the movie remained nicely crisp and well-defined. ... Full Review

The Sugarland Express" clearly indicated that Spielberg had an abundance of raw talent. Goldie Hawn dials dawn her famously perky personality and manages to elicit empathy from viewers given her commendable dramatic acting. ... Full Review

Vilmos Zsigmond provides the film's glowing, shimmering cinematography....That said, The Sugarland Express is really nothing more than a breezy entertainment, a chase film that has been repeated and duplicated many, many times since.....this is a director with a God-given talent.....John Williams provides the perfect, understated score, a long way from his overbearing anthems of later years.....Strangely enough, even with all these sweet ingredients, The Sugarland Express was not a hit and has never been co ... Full Review

There was a joke around Hollywood that Spielberg was a terrific "traffic director," snidely implying that he was only a mechanical technician even after The Sugarland Express should have proved otherwise. Ben Johnson's paternal judgment can't keep his cowboy troopers from trying ridiculous stunts to apprehend the fugitives, and he knows there's little or no chance for a peaceful solution. ... Full Review

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