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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineLimping along on a scant plot, HOT PURSUIT succeeds largely because of Cusack's handling of his character. Loggia is always a pleasure to watch, even when his part is as mindless as it is here.
- This is a movie that can`t, or won`t, pay attention to the finer details. The result is that Hot Pursuit never quite catches fire.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonRomance and comedy are dumped in favor of carnage: a self-sabotaging decision for what might have been a cute, enjoyable movie.
- 38The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)While the elements are there, the spirit isn't. The film is too predictable (oops, missed her again) to be exciting, and it's too fond of its pilfered Treasure Island roots to have fun with them.[13 May 1987]
- 30The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesHot Pursuit is just what you'd expect from such a stale formula: a misadventure in paradise that makes ''Gilligan's Island'' look like ''The Night of the Iguana.''
- 25Miami HeraldHal BoedekerMiami HeraldHal BoedekerThe plot, a series of missed connections, grows boring. The action scenes have no oomph. And the actors are lost. As the disheveled Dan, Cusack is charming, but he can't make this tired tourist tale go. And he can't fall down a mountain as well as Kathleen Turner. [19 May 1987, p.D5]
- 25Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelTo call this picture "Hot Pursuit" is false advertising; "Lethargic Pursuit" would be more accurate. [22 May 1987, p.A]