
Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) takes part in a bare knuckle fight, as he does, to make some more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire from fighting, but when the Mafia comes along and arranges another fight, he is pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde (C.J. the Orangutan) all add to the "fun".... (Full plot summary below)
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Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) takes part in a bare knuckle fight, as he does, to make some more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire from fighting, but when the Mafia comes along and arranges another fight, he is pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde (C.J. the Orangutan) all add to the "fun".
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| Lessons of DarknessNick SchagerPerhaps the most disposable film Eastwood has ever made. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinAny Which Way You Can is a loose, lighthearted Eastwood vehicle aimed at the good-timey sector of this actor's audience. The real star of this series is Clyde the orangutan, and it looks as if Clyde has another hit on his hairy hands. |
| Washington PostGary ArnoldThe 1980 sequel to Every Which Way but Loose, and a better film—smoother, more controlled, with more time for the casual elucidation of place and character. Though it's a loud, vulgar, and occasionally brutal comedy, it never succumbs to the fashion for facetiousness: Clint Eastwood always takes his work seriously, even in a relatively impersonal project like this, and there are moments of moving emotional candor amid the slapstick, flashes on loneliness, forgiveness, and loyalty. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAny Which Way You Can is not a very good movie, but it's hard not to feel a grudging affection for it. Where else, in the space of 115 minutes, can you find a country & western road picture with two fights, a bald motorcycle gang, the Mafia, a love story, a pickup truck, a tow truck, Fats Domino, a foul-mouthed octogenarian, an oversexed orangutan and a contest for the bare knuckle championship of the world? |
| EmpireIan NathanAbout the dumbest movie Clint Eastwood ever put his name to. |
| Washington PostK.C. SummersEastwood at his least appealing in a poor sequel to the already disappointing redneck comedy of Every Which Way But Loose. The story is similarly thin - trucker Eastwood, accompanied by his orang-utan buddy Clyde, gets involved in repetitive brawls with sundry unsavoury brutes - while the humour is far too broad and the direction plodding. |
| User ReviewNathan Osequel to 1978 "every which way but loose" in 2 years. clint eastwood return reprise as philo beddoe who retired fighter but he continues return to the fighter. orangutan named clyde are return again (but different orangutan from the first one) and still starring return with geoffrey lewis and sondra lock... and with 'black window' again but the funniest with the wigs lol. lol nice movie "10" with bo derek turn face to ma (ruth gordon). |
| User ReviewChandler AI had never seen this movie before and it is now one of my favorite movies of Clint Eastwood's many movies. But I have to say that the orangutan stole the entire movie away from the rest of the cast. |
| User ReviewSuvi LI love this movie. It's so funny and entertaining. Ruth Gordon is awesome in this movie!! |
| User ReviewSimonaSome part is funny and some is really crazy. but worth to watch it.. |