Review of Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) by Jarrett M — 21 Jan 2013

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry is a film with a simple heist premise and little in the way of character developement. The writing is much better, with the dialogue coming across as either mildy clever or utterly painful to listen to.

But these aren't exactly reasons that one would seek out this film to watch. The car chase sequences are what this film is set out to showcase and it does them very well. The story only exists to set up the chases that follow.

While the cast performances are passable, the real stars are the cars themselves, particularily the '69 Charger. While this may not have the flashy stunts of current films, it is refreshing to know that all of the stunts in this movie were practical effects and were done at actually speed.

And knowing that, some of it is pretty amazing. Much like Vanishing Point, this is a movie for those that like high energy, realistic car chases and can except a thin story. Much like the cars, they certainly don't make them like this anymore.