Freebie and the Bean 1974

Vincent Canby, New York Times: It has a cast of otherwise good actors doing bits of business (sometimes called acting) as if they thought they could upstage all of the movie's automobiles, which are seldom still. Read more

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: Freebie (James Caan) is a cop whose corruption is supposed to be charming. Read more

Time Out: On the whole, a film one can live without. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Richard Rush's tasteless film, from a spitball script by Robert Kaufman, utilized lots of stunt and action crews disturbing the peace all over San Francisco. Read more