Review of Airport (1970) by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 14 May 1982
An empty reshaping of Grand Hotel, held together by disaster in the sky. Airport will be remembered as the trailblazer of the disaster epic, one of the most trivial genres in the history of motion pictures.
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This review of Airport (1970) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 14 May 1982.
Airport has generally received mixed reviews.
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