You may leave this movie exhilarated by its no-holds-barred boldness or annoyed and bewildered at the unpredictable course it takes.

When I say this movie's a charm, I'm really talking about Irwin.

A politically incorrect but often hilarious jam session, in which men and women trade insults like musical licks.

Its easygoing, disarming air will endear it to its target audience, who will appreciate this movie as much for the lifestyle it depicts as its actual story.

Manages to be innocent, physically passionate, earnestly romantic and self-deprecatingly funny, all at once.

If Southpaw leaves you hungry, this much is also true: The "food" was good in the first place.

Sensual, funny and, in the end, very touching.

Del Toro has made a ghost story that's not only evocative and original, it's a pleasure to watch.

As a movie, this is exciting stuff.

Think of this movie as a glorified home video rather than a bitingly insightful documentary. But for Garcia and Grisman, this soft-shoe approach couldn't be more appropriate.

Diabolically amusing without plunging into the Mel Brooks zone, and it's smart without being pedantic. And it's genuinely scary at times.

The grimness of the movie becomes not only too unbearable, its point is clear about halfway through. After that, everything comes across as redundant retreading of the same perspective. But for atmosphere, great cinematography and eye-opening directness, this movie can't be beat.

There's a refreshingly unusual spirit at work.

Extraordinary documentary.

Based on a true story, the movie takes us through some harrowing times.

Exudes that seriousness about life and openness about style. It's about nothing and yet everything.

The film becomes a modest delight.

I was hooked from beginning to end.

If there's anyone who can make this ordeal -- and when you're plumb out of characters, it can be an ordeal -- tolerable, and even entertaining, it's Hanks.

Has the glorious, gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days, featuring all manner of drag queen, bearded lady and lactating hippie.

We have been treated to something we normally would never get in a prison comedy like this: a little delicacy with the humor.

A triumphant return to the icky, otherworldly eerieness that graced such earlier Cronenberg works as "Scanners," "Videodrome" and "Dead Ringers."

As a Coen brothers fan I hate to say this, but the movie's a collection of great bits and pieces rather than a complete work.

Just about everything you ever loved (or hated) about Italian films can be found.

The movie's entertaining for some wickedly funny situations and witticisms.

It's an exhilarating sparring match between Duvall's workmanlike fine-tuning and Penn's raw energy. [15 Apr 1988]

Robert De Niro is one extended pleasure in Midnight Run -- a real actor putting his considerable talent to work in a well-scripted comedy. And he's more than complemented by Charles Grodin, a brilliant comic performer who has been wasted up to now in small roles or lousy movies. [22 July 1988]

A movie that grows better by the minute.