The Electric Horseman

A moderately entertaining film, but no screen magic from Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. The pic is overlong, talky and diffused.

Beguilingly sharp at first, but the later stages, with Fonda's toughie reporter tagging along for a story but going all mushy inside, wallow in sentimentality about integrity, ecology and all that jazz.

At this point, I think it's reasonably safe to say that The Electric Horseman is the best American romantic comedy of 1979.

The Electric Horseman is the kind of movie they used to make.

The unseen star of the entire enterprise is director Sydney Pollock who keeps the film at a galloping pace, entertaining us all the way to the realistic ending.

The story is drawn out and drowsiness invades the viewer, like a victim of the drugs featured on the film. [Full Review in Spanish]

Warmhearted romance with an anti-corporate perspective.

In their second appearance, Redford and Fonda have charm and show good chemistry but, they are too old for this formulatic, old-fashioned romantic comedy about a burnt-out rodeo star and TV journalist.

The Electric Horseman charms and ultimately conquers through high spirits.