Review of Gator (1976) by Jenna I — 08 Apr 2017

Okay I guess White Lightning was better than I thought cause this movie was wildly uneven and bizarre. Everything in this movie is x2- the outrageous characters, the southern quirks, flirting-with-bigoted stereotypes, car chases to helicopter chances, seedy underbelly... Gator doubles up on everything from White Lightning and manages to be dumber too.

Jerry Reed as a villain is pretty great and I definitely loved the "I love you" "I know" line initiated by Burt Reynolds and responded to by a woman who chooses her career over him (yknow an excon who literally lives in a swamp with his 9 year old daughter, not a high bar there).

I don't know man. This was too long, too cartoonish, too serious, too messed up, too dopey, too everything. But then again I'm a New York Jew and the movie all but states "y'all New York Jews don't get squat!" So I guess what do I know - maybe this ain't FOR my kind.