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  • 1980
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 1980
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary Skip and Harry are mistakenly convicted of bank robbery and end up in prison. They have difficulty adjusting to prison life until the warden finds that Skip has a natural talent for riding broncos as the inter-prison rodeo approaches.

Directed By: Sidney Poitier

Written By: Bruce Jay Friedman, Charles Blackwell

  • 1980
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 1980
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 51 m

Stir Crazy

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
56
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
7.4
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Summary Skip and Harry are mistakenly convicted of bank robbery and end up in prison. They have difficulty adjusting to prison life until the warden finds that Skip has a natural talent for riding broncos as the inter-prison rodeo approaches.

Directed By: Sidney Poitier

Written By: Bruce Jay Friedman, Charles Blackwell

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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67% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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67% Mixed
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75
Richard Pryor is a scream as a wrongly accused bank robber. Gene Wilder is just so-so as his partner. [19 June 1981]
By Gene Siskel FULL REVIEW
70
An inspired comedy title, Stir Crazy blends several inventive, high-spirited performing talents into a tangy, cheerful entertainment. [12 Dec 1980, p.E1]
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
7.4
63% Positive
12 Ratings
37% Mixed
7 Ratings
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
7.4
63% Positive
12 Ratings
37% Mixed
7 Ratings
0% Negative
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60
Director Sidney Poitier’s chief role seems to be providing enough space for Pryor and Wilder to do their schtick without going too far afield from the scant storyline
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50
Just as the promising parody of prison films begins to catch fire, Friedman and Poitier douse it with a bucketful of realism. [13 Dec 1980]
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50
Stir Crazy is an energetic but spiritless shambles.
By Vincent Canby FULL REVIEW
50
It's strange about Stir Crazy. We go in with big expectations, and we laugh so much at the beginning that we're ready for the movie to launch itself as a hit. And then it all goes flat and we come out disappointed.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Columbia Pictures
Release Date Dec 12, 1980
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
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Tagline Only these two pigeons could dress up as woodpeckers...
Website https://www.sonymoviechannel.com/movies/stir-crazy
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Awards

Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination

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