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- 1989
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 1989
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
Summary Jay Trotter has waited a lifetime for this day. He's got a hot tip on a horse everyone thinks is ready for the glue factory. But, as track aficionados say, "Even when you know, you never know." (Paramount)
Directed By: Joe Pytka
Written By: Jay Cronley, Nancy Dowd
- 1989
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 1989
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
Let It Ride
33
7.7
Where to Watch
Summary Jay Trotter has waited a lifetime for this day. He's got a hot tip on a horse everyone thinks is ready for the glue factory. But, as track aficionados say, "Even when you know, you never know." (Paramount)
Directed By: Joe Pytka
Written By: Jay Cronley, Nancy Dowd
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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11% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
44% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
33
11% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
44% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Let 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]
Joe 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]
It's as beautifully acted throughout as it is photographed, and it has a quizzical tone somewhere between sociological documentary and farce. [22 Aug 1989]
Let 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]
Pytka may know how to push fizzy water, but he certainly can't make a punch line sparkle. [21 Aug 1989]
Pytka's marginally successful at setting this gambler's fantasy against the Damon Runyonesque aspects of the horsy life.
The movie is so witless and confused in tone that its seedy racetrack clientele only emerge as dim, inarticulate cartoons.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
7.7
71% Positive
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