Atlantic City 1980

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: "Atlantic City" is a sophisticated fairy tale, beautifully acted and beautiful to behold; it is as funny as it is touching. Read more

Vincent Canby, New York Times: [It] may be one of the most romantic and perverse ghost stories ever filmed, set not in a haunted castle but in a haunted city... Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: A shimmering success. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: What makes "Atlantic City" sweet -- and that's the word for it -- is the gentleness with which Lou handles his last chance at amounting to something, and the wisdom with which Sally handles Lou. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Eclectic, pacy and hard to categorise, it's part crime thriller, part love story, part fairytale, and part a gentle, generous examination of certain dying aspects of American culture. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Film is blessed with a spare, intriguing script by Yank John Guare, which always skirts impending cliches and predictability by finding unusual facets in his characters and their actions. Read more

Eric Hynes, Village Voice: [Sarandon is] shirtless before she even has a name, but her desire to be ogled is granted dignity and power; gradually and unassumingly, she upstages a terrific Burt Lancaster. Read more