Review of Getting Straight (1970) by Roger Greenspun for The New York Times — 16 Jan 1977
A brilliant, mercurial performance by Elliott Gould steadies and vivifies but cannot save Getting Straight. Even with such sideline brilliance as the sad-funny performance of young Robert F. Lyons almost matching Gould's, the picture ends as a cop-out of its own professed principles and initial honesty.
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This review of Getting Straight (1970) was written by Roger Greenspun and published by The New York Times on 16 Jan 1977.
Getting Straight has generally received mixed reviews.
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