
Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And his friend, Gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for Vietnam.... (Full plot summary below)
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Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And his friend, Gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for Vietnam.
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| Cleveland PressTony MastroianniDrive, He Said is another tale, poorly told, of youthful disenchantment. The real disenchantment will be among audiences -- even those responsive to the picture's message -- because of the film's chaotic, undefined style. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonNicholson's personality comes through in the film's rhythms: crazed and vibrant at times, classical and refined at other times. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA disorganized but occasionally brilliant movie about two college students and the world they, and we, inhabit. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrJack Nicholson's first venture into direction is very much a film of its time. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenI think the film is a mess. Even though I was there where and when it was filmed, and I went through some of the same stuff these characters did, I couldn't relate to it. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe cynical film has its fun poking fun at college life, the system and marriage. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceNicholson's campus is a fractured, pulsating place |
| User ReviewBrendan RMarrying Altman and Nichols in style, Nicholson himself is a remarkably memorable actor, and he leads his actors into truly rarefied realism and intensity revolving around a campus as model of the era's dueling psychological states, paranoia and neurotic competitiveness. Even the love interest seeks to lay claim to a personality of her own. |
| User ReviewTom BI am probably overrating this at five stars, but for sentimental reasons I'm gushing. At that point any kind of attempt at objective statement will undercut the humor we found in this film, and the care for the meaning of what it was trying to say, and the earnest performances. We loved this. Jack is just great. And Bruce Dern, of course. The interview afterwards, ten minutes only, was dessert to a great meal. This is not a typical movie of today by any stretch, reminded me of all the films I saw on television back in early 70s. I used to see things like this and relate like hell to the angry emotions and cries for justice, campy and corny though some of it could be. Some of the things we thrilled to while watching this included a lot of beautiful shots, and some great scenes. I loved the sex scene in the car, and this flick has my favorite how-to-beat-the-draft scene. Karen Black was not a woman I enjoyed much on film when I was younger, but whenever I see her now I'm head-over-heels in love. She's great, was always great, and beautiful, and still is today, and will always be, beautiful. Who knew Jack directed something like this? I find myself relating to Jack the director more maybe than I ever did as an actor. Comes as a bit of a surprise because I never did before, not like this. Great actor and at times a great voice telling his story. |
| User ReviewEric MJack Nicholson's directorial debut concerning an ambitious college basketball star and his increasingly radical (and unhinged) roommate boasts several good performances (particularly Bruce Dern as a strict coach) and a few interesting scenes, but never really comes together as a coherent narrative, and it's difficult to really understand what point Nicholson and screenwriter Jeremy Larner are trying to make. Still worth watching though, and now finally available on home video after 40 years as part of Criterion's "America Lost and Found: the BBS Story" box set. |