Review of Hopscotch (1980) by Michelle P — 01 Jun 2007

What a thriller. It's Matthau being funny, cunning, and the best part about this movie, beside his partner, Glenda Jackson who seems to just be along for the ride and watch him go. The man destined to chase him down (a young Sam Waterston) looks tired, beat down, out of it, and not really into being the guy that brings down his former mentor, which in itself was kind of fun to watch.

Matthau's serious but silly 'one step ahead' role couldn't have been played by anyone else so well. But I believe the biggest and only problem I had with this film was the amount of unnecessary swearing by the CIA agents that were after him.

It was incomprehensible and only made me dislike the movie, along with strange overdubbing on specific scenes that didn't really belong there. Other than that, a flawless action/spy movie that could still hold up in today's standards.