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The Driver

1978

Walter Hill

Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley ...

6.6

2,012

Mystery. Action Walter Hill's stripped down neo-noir features a protagonist who makes the laconic boxer of the director's similar Hard Times (1974) seem logorrheic by comparison. The film's tone is set in the opening scene as the Driver (Ryan O'Neal) gloms a V-8 Sedan and proceeds to whip through claustrophobic parking garages, narrow alleyways, and sundry other high-risk macadam, as he demonstrates why he's known as the best getaway driver in the ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's a movie about people who are not real because they are symbols, and it's a damned good thing there are great chase scenes or the movie would sink altogether (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Philip French The Guardian	"[Hill's] finest, most perfect work (...) There are three magnificent car chases"
		Arthur Knight The Hollywood Reporter	"It is difficult to imagine just what Walter Hill had in mind when he wrote the screenplay for 'The Driver' (...) His script couldn't have numbered more than 25 pages"
		Nick Schager AV Club	"[It] is defined by its expertly modulated action (...) [It] combines existential anxiety and kinetic thrills in a meticulous manner that would make its protagonist proud."
		Glenn Heath Jr. Variety	"It has a pretentious quality to it"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This is a thoroughly watchable, hardboiled, thrillingly cynical and ruthless drama and Dern’s flinching (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

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