
This comedy movie brings Burt Reynolds, Sir Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and an all-star cast to the starting line of the ultimate auto race, a madcap cross-country scramble that roars full-speed ahead. This action-comedy was inspired by an actual event: the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an anything goes, all-stops-out, and very much illegal, competition that has grown to legendary proportions within the l... (Full plot summary below)
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This comedy movie brings Burt Reynolds, Sir Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and an all-star cast to the starting line of the ultimate auto race, a madcap cross-country scramble that roars full-speed ahead. This action-comedy was inspired by an actual event: the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an anything goes, all-stops-out, and very much illegal, competition that has grown to legendary proportions within the last ten years.
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| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfTake it as pure escapism executed by giddy performers, and it's passable entertainment. Otherwise, it's a rough cross-country ride of indulgence and automobile mayhem, perhaps best suited for a Saturday morning cartoon. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergBad stuff, but manages to be fun bad. (Forget the sequel; that's like torture.) |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyHarmless entertainment at its most commercial and least artistic, offering some fun spotting the stars in cameos |
| FulvueDrive-in.comChuck O'LearyAmiable, lightweight fun. Captain Chaos saves the day. |
| Empire MagazineIan NathanWhat saves the movie is its relaxed sense of self-awareness. Reynolds all but winks at the audience with his collection of Dick Dastardly sneaks and dodges, but holds onto that winning, hangdog warmth that got him to the top of the pile in the seventies. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe highway is alive with the sound of a loud musical score, spectacular car crashes, pursuits, sudden breakdowns and jokes, practical and impractical. Some of it is ingenious, and all of it is breathless...The Cannonball Run is inoffensive and sometimes funny. Because there are only a limited number of variations that can be worked out on this same old highway race, don't bother to see it unless you're already hooked on the genre. |
| Patrick NabarroPJ NabarroCannonball Run exists somewhere in between being a last bastion of an 'old boys' Hollywood comedy, versus offering a wry send-up of those values. |
| Filmcritic.comEric Meyersonevokes another age before The Fast and the Furious and NASCAR replaced the fun in racing with, respectively, death and science |
| Common Sense MediaRenee SchonfeldStunts, stereotypes, and silliness in beer-fueled car race. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelWith a plot stolen from THE GUMBALL RALLY (1976) and CANNONBALL (1976), this wholly derivative car-chase movie provides a flimsy excuse for good ol' boy Burt Reynolds to cavort on-screen with a cast that's chock-full of familiar faces. |