Review 1:
"[With] the Greatest Car Chase Ever Filmed."
Source: Total Film
p.136 04/01/2004
Review 2:
4 stars out of 5 -- "It's one of the most influential and exciting crime movies...[with] a level of grit and realism that is almost impossible to duplicate."
Source: Premiere
02/23/2009
Review 3:
"...A best-picture Oscar that really holds up..."
Source: USA Today
p.5E 09/28/2001
Review 4:
"...To watch it now is to appreciate more than ever Gene Hackman's uncompromising talent..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.56 09/28/2001
Review 5:
"William Friedkin brings a new documentary-style grittiness and moral ambiguity to the crime thriller."
Source: Premiere
p.11 12/01/2003