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www.washingtonpost.com - : Director Joe Pytka brings a background of soft drink, wine cooler and lite beer ads to his feature film debut, ''Let It Ride,'' a racetrack romp with the boozy look of a Michelob night and the plot complexities of a Bartles & Jaymes commercial. He's marginally successful at setting this gambler's fantasy against the Damon Runyonesque aspects of the horsy life. more...
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www.badmovieplanet.com - : The tagline on the poster (reproduced on the video box) read: ''He drinks. He smokes. He gambles. He curses. He thinks about committing adultery. You'll love him.'' I'm sure people reading that tagline concluded that Dreyfuss would be grating, and therefore stayed away. Too bad, because Let It Ride is a zippy and very funny movie, with Dreyfuss playing a character who might be a little naughty, but is likable throughout neverless. more...
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efilmcritic.com - : Only in the movies can you come across selfish bastards that you actually like. Of course it helps when your bastard is played by the likes of Richard Dreyfuss - an actor who can (and clearly does, in this case) salvage even the sloppiest material. (OK, Krippendorff’s Tribe was beyond even his capacity, but look what he did with Stakeout!) more...
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