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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Orlando SentinelJay BoyarOrlando SentinelJay BoyarPutting up with weeks - or even months - of such media-fed psychobabble is a big price to pay for a couple of hours of defiantly unwholesome entertainment. The Getaway might just be worth it, though.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyThe Getaway is a pretty good remake of a pretty good action thriller.
- 70The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesTheir appeal as a couple of gorgeous outlaws is the main reason to see this sleek, entertaining remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1972 action film.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA perfectly respectable thriller that mostly manages to be as crisp and efficient as the crimes it depicts, this Roger Donaldson-directed Getaway compares favorably with the Sam Peckinpah original.
- 60EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanA little too exactly like the original but with (fewer) memorable performances.
- 60Time OutTime OutIt's a treat to see the double-barrelled menace of Woods and Madsen together at last.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe movie is a true throwaway: By the end, it seems to have disposed of itself.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAlec Baldwin and Kim Basinger step into the roles originally played by Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, but their attempts to inject steamy romance into the action are undermined by indifferent direction.
- 40Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonSpouses Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger -- the latest flavors of the month to tie the knot -- slum their way through a glam-noirish extended video. Amid director Roger Donaldson's pseudo-atmospherics and the ersatz Thompson fare hacked up by screenwriters Walter Hill and Amy Holden Jones, they shoot guns, plan heists, talk tough and make love in silhouette.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA particularly nasty and mean-spirited action picture, with the dramatic depth of an arcade game.