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The Sugarland Express
The film is based on a true story. It is about a strong woman who tries her best to save her family, her happiness. She accepts all dangerous challenges to help her husband escape prison, kidnaps a state trooper which leads to terrible circumstances.
28 June 1937, Brooklyn, New York, USA
14 March 1946, Burbank, California, USA
30 July 1947, Orange, Connecticut, USA
9 April 1921, Floresville, Texas, USA
3 September 1918, Waco, Texas, USA
30 December 1940, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
3 October 1944, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
15 January 1932, Breckenridge, Texas, USA
4 November 1920, Texas, USA
December 01, 2006
Reflecting the zeitgeist of mid-1970s America, this early Spieleberg picture is still one of his strongest, dealing with alienation, anarchy, and lack of control; Goldie Hawn gives an uncharacteristicaly forceful dramatic performance.
June 24, 2016
With this role, Hawn further proves she was an actress of some talent and not just an attractive woman to be taken lightly.
October 23, 2004
If the movie finally doesn't succeed, that's because Spielberg has paid too much attention to all those police cars (and all the crashes they get into), and not enough to the personalities of his characters.
June 12, 2009
Modest but assured work.
September 06, 2010
The Sugarland Express is not terribly original - Bonnie and Clyde, Badlands and The Getaway are indelibly marked in its DNA - but shows an already dazzling young filmmaker honing his skills and vision.
June 16, 2015
A tragi-comedy in which our modern beasts of burden ultimately exact revenge with horrific panache.
February 20, 2009
Unfortunately, the film degenerates in final reels to heavy-handed social polemic and sound-and-fury shootout.
September 25, 2009
Steven Spielberg in Malickland, with dolly and zoom and a wagonload of familial issues
February 09, 2006
A beautifully put together, assured film.
May 21, 2003
The movie has a casual craziness that seems especially native.
June 24, 2016
The pace falters near the end, but overall this is a brilliantly calculated audience pleaser.
June 24, 2016
The set pieces are beautifully handled, grizzled veteran Ben Johnson is watchable as the head cop on their tail, and, looking back, it's clear that Spielberg already held all the aces and knew how to deal them.