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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100EmpireEmpireNote-perfect performances, a screenplay steeped in both nostalgia and a timely sense of insight, and anti-heroes you can't help but love.
- It is a great film and will be an exceptionally popular and profitable one.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe movie is jovial without being silly; it retains the sense of adventure that characterizes the Western, but replaces the often somber mood with one that is airy and, at times, almost comedic.
- 88TV Guide MagazineEthan AlterTV Guide MagazineEthan AlterButch Cassidy's winking awareness of its own cinematic nature (from the opening "silent movie" train robbery to the famous closing freeze frame) and witty banter give the story a degree of charm and exuberance.
- 80VarietyVarietyAction dwells upon the misadventures of the pair as they pursue the outlaw trail, but more importantly, packs the type of fast movement the title indicates.
- 70The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyThe over-all production is very handsome, and the performances fine, especially Newman, Redford, and Miss Ross, who must be broadly funny and straight, almost simultaneously.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis good movie is buried beneath millions of dollars that were spent on "production values" that wreck the show.
- 30Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrGeorge Roy Hill's 1969 film moves with steady, stupid grace from oozy sentimentality to nihilistic violence.
- 10TimeTimeEvery character, every scene, is marred by the film's double view, which oscillates between sympathy and farce.