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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLet It Ride looks good in a low-key way, and Giorgio Moroder's eclectic, funky mood-setting score is crucial in helping maintain tone as well as pace. [21 Aug 1989]
- 50Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneLet It Ride looks like it was vastly overshot and overwritten, then whittled down to something which resembles a movie but is really a long commercial for the joys of the racetrack. [22 Aug 1989]
- 50Portland OregonianPortland OregonianIt's as beautifully acted throughout as it is photographed, and it has a quizzical tone somewhere between sociological documentary and farce. [22 Aug 1989]
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleLet It Ride has atmosphere, plus a good setting, appealing actors - and a bad script. [19 Aug 1989]
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenJoe Pytka does display an occasional nice touch with mood and atmosphere - at its infrequent best, the humor here is almost wry. But his editing is as jumpy as a mare in heat. [19 Aug 1989]
- 38TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe major irritant is the hyperactive direction by Joe Pytka, a near-legendary helmer of TV commercials who films each scene as if it were the last, with everybody in the frame strenuously choreographed and overly busy.
- 38USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaPytka may know how to push fizzy water, but he certainly can't make a punch line sparkle. [21 Aug 1989]
- 30Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyPytka's marginally successful at setting this gambler's fantasy against the Damon Runyonesque aspects of the horsy life.
- 10The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe movie is so witless and confused in tone that its seedy racetrack clientele only emerge as dim, inarticulate cartoons.