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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Time OutTime OutToo much of this is tedious, rather like off-cuts from his recent movies, but the reasonable photography and good action material help. Country singer Jerry Reed makes a good heavy, and when Reynolds keeps it simple, his direction suggests the makings of a modest craftsman.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAn entertaining piece of good ol' boy fluff with plenty of car and boat chases.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceStructurally, Gator is a bit of a mess, largely because of the civilizing and romantic influence Reynolds has brought to the randy domain of the redneck action film.
- 50The New York TimesThe New York TimesMessy little melodrama of Southern corruption. [25 Aug 1976, p.46]
- 40NewsweekJack KrollNewsweekJack KrollGator is sloppily directed by Reynolds himself and filled with anti-ethnic humor that Reynolds has picked up from all those guest shots on the talk shows with Don Rickles et al. [13 Sep 1976, p.89]
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertGator is yet another Good Ol' Movie, and not, I fear, the summer's last. If only it had a Good Ol' Plot worth a damn, it might have even been a halfway tolerable ol' movie.