Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

"It has weathered splendidly, and we can enjoy it as a movie of its time as much anything else..."

"The performances (are) fine, especially Newman, Redford and Miss Ross... They succeed even if the movie does not."

"Alas, the... film is slow and disappointing. This despite the fact that it contains several good laughs and three sound performances."

"It's simple as hell. There's barely any plot. It's at least two kinds of period pieces, the first being the period in which the vaguely true-life story is set, the second being 1968..."

"You have to admire the craft and assurance of the thing even as its artificiality hits you in the face."

"Note-perfect performances, a screenplay steeped in both nostalgia and a timely sense of insight, and anti-heroes you can't help but love..."

"Paul Newman’s Butch is probably the most genial character ever portrayed on the big screen."

"Almost everything about the manner in which the story unfolds is wholly fanciful – and that's what makes it such great entertainment."

"Ross' stiff performance as the Kid's paramour, Etta Place... is more than offset by the wonderful supporting cast and, especially, the chemistry between the stars."

"Strother Martin is outstanding as the manager of the Bolivian Tin mines..."