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Airport '77

Action In this entry in the AIRPORT diaster-film franchise, a jumbo jet crashes into the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. As the plane becomes submerged, all the passengers aboard must find some way out. Like its predecessors, this film features an array of well-known actors. Academy Award Nominations: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"The movie’s a big, slick entertainment, relentlessly ridiculous and therefore never boring for long. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"  NEU
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
"First-rate schlock; overlong and incredibly stupid, but that's part of the formula by now"  NEG
United StatesUnited States TV Guide "Here we go again--it's time for a 747 to meet disaster once more with a host of colorful characters to worry about as they go down--and this time they go down 50 feet into the ocean." NEU
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Time Out "The survivors then spend their time trying to overact their way out of the claustrophobic script" NEG
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Variety
Variety
"The story’s formula banality is credible most of the time and there’s some good actual US Navy search and rescue procedure interjected in the plot."  NEU
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"'Airport '77' looks less like the work of a director and writers than like a corporate decision."  NEG
United StatesUnited States Entertainment Weekly "Silly as it is (c’mon, helium balloons?), Airport ’77 is the most suspenseful of the series, with death looming over a planeload of Oscar winners, each trying to out-ham the others before their oxygen runs out." NEU
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