Used Cars 1980

Vincent Canby, New York Times: A foul-mouthed, bumpercrunching farce that is often funnier in theory than in fact but, even so, is a movie that has more laughs in it than any film of the summer except Airplane! Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Most of the time, I didn't know whether to laugh or shudder, and I ended up doing a lot of both. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Used Cars was written, directed, and produced by the team of Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale, two young filmmakers who seem to be higher on kinetic energy than on structure and comedic instinct. Read more

Tom Charity, Time Out: Used Cars runs on a contemporary screwball motor with a slapstick chassis. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: What might have looked like a great idea on paper has been tackled by filmmakers who haven't expanded it much beyond the one joke inherent in the premise. Read more

Gary Arnold, Washington Post: Director/co-writer Robert Zemeckis has undeniable energy and flair, but it's being misspent on pretexts and situations that seem inexcusably gratuitous and snide. Read more