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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Time OutTime OutAdamantly sincere but utterly redundant populism from Bob "Porky's" Clark, a boy scout's stab at Bonfire of the Vanities starring Timothy Hutton's noble adam's apple (gulp!), which he thrusts this way and that for all the world like an ostrich with a social conscience.
- 40The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinA movie with a sloppily sentimental heart that's as big as the city in which its story takes place.
- 38Miami HeraldMiami HeraldAn exploitation film if ever one was made. [15 Feb 1985, p.D10]
- 38The Associated PressBob ThomasThe Associated PressBob ThomasThe situation might have produced a funny, heartwarming movie, but not in the hands of director Bob Clark ("Porky's," "Rhinestone") and writers James Gregory Kingston and Denis and John Hamill. Every plot turn is predictable, the characters are either true-blue or rascals and the humor is labored. [18 Feb 1985]
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe sad thing about Turk 182! is that, the whole project sounds like a High Concept movie, in which the idea of the Turk was allowed to substitute for a story about him. Sure, it would be neat to see a movie about a guy like this. But not this movie.
- 25TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA ridiculous and totally insipid film.
- 20Washington PostPaul AttanasioWashington PostPaul AttanasioToward the beginning of Turk 182!, Terry the fireman (Robert Urich) brays, "Gimme annudda beeah, Hoolie." Audiences should understand that this is their cue to leave the theater. In the movie's condescending populism, The People are enshrined, The System is scorned. And The People say: phooey. [16 Feb 1985, p.C6]
- 10Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrThe material is nothing but a mass of programmed emotions and bumptious rabble rousing, but that isn't enough for Clark—he's got to make it even dumber by filling it with gross caricatures, incoherent action, and Irish music. And what this man does to actors, I wouldn't do to cockroaches.
- 0Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelA laughably bad, offensive movie with holes in its story that you could drive a truck though.