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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrPink Cadillac is the most graceful, warm-hearted and engaging of Clint Eastwood's comedies. [26 May 1989, p.A]
- The plot isn't much (some described it as an unsuccessful combination of Midnight Run and Betrayed), but Pink Cadillac is rich in character, containing some of the most heartfelt and engaging moments in an Eastwood film since his unjustly neglected Bronco Billy.
- 75Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonIn nearly all the important categories -- story, direction, pacing, acting -- the picture is pretty much negligible. Still, almost by force of sheer winning dopiness, the movie seduces you into dropping your defenses. It's weightlessly, irredeemably enjoyable.
- 75Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumNot all of these ideas are successfully dramatized, and you may have trouble believing in most of the characters, but as a deeply personal work about free-floating existential identities, this 1989 film has the kind of grit and feeling that few action comedies can muster, with Eastwood and Peters interesting and unpredictable throughout.
- 60EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanHalf-an-hour too long, but still a fun ride.
- 50Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonPink Cadillac has a strong visual design and lots of juicy, self-confident acting. But it doesn’t transcend its star vehicle trappings or chemistry. The construction of the story is so soft, you get the impression that if the driver and navigator were replaced, the movie might turn rattletrap and fall apart.
- 50The Associated PressThe Associated PressThe bad news is that Pink Cadillac treads on old ground and never really takes off. [24 May 1989]
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere's little that's new in the material, and nobody seems to have asked whether the emotional charge of blatant racism belongs in a lightweight story like this - even if the racists are the villains.
- 25Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrPink Cadillac, you might say, is low on gas. [26 May 1989, p.43]
- 20The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesIt is the laziest sort of action comedy, with lumbering chase scenes, a dull-witted script and the charmless pairing of Mr. Eastwood and Bernadette Peters.