Does this movie deserve a 7/10 rating? Yes. Smokey and the Bandit was a pop-culture icon in its day. The nation was a-buzz with talk of this movie when it hit the big screen, and with good reason. Jerry Reed, Burt Reynolds, and Sally Field, along with Jackie Gleason and scores of others made this a near all-star extravaganza, which could make you laugh and give you an extraordinary good time, regardless of your walk of life. Its outright irreverence for the law, the rules, and even its own morals made this one of the greatest "road" classics of its time.
Smokey and the Bandit not only walked up to the bell, it RANG it! This is one highly entertaining bit of nostalgia, which feels like a time capsule all by itself in that it holds many elements of the American culture at the time; aptly demonstrates many of the citizen's attitudes towards the law and the rules of the day; and for those of us who were alive and old enough to love this when it first came out, it is like a walk through a memory.
It is a guilty pleasure of mine, and I love it.
It rates a 7.4/10 from...
the Fiend :.
Smokey and the Bandit not only walked up to the bell, it RANG it! This is one highly entertaining bit of nostalgia, which feels like a time capsule all by itself in that it holds many elements of the American culture at the time; aptly demonstrates many of the citizen's attitudes towards the law and the rules of the day; and for those of us who were alive and old enough to love this when it first came out, it is like a walk through a memory.
It is a guilty pleasure of mine, and I love it.
It rates a 7.4/10 from...
the Fiend :.