Outrageous Fortune 1987

Critics score:
50 / 100

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Pat Graham, Chicago Reader: There's more regressive coyness in this buddy adventure-comedy than anyone should have to sit through in a lifetime... Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Unfortunately, the movie is so busy cross-polinating its genres that it never pauses for the kind of thought that might have made it really special, instead of just fitfully funny. Read more

Time Out: As a vehicle for their considerable comic talents, the enterprise is wheelclamped by typecasting. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Midler and Long are never less than fun to watch. Read more

Paul Attanasio, Washington Post: Such rarefied screen writing calls for the peerless talents of Arthur Hiller, a director with the comic timing of a tax auditor. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Every bit as rude and wonderful as Ruthless People... Read more