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Vincent Canby, New York Times: It's very entertaining, and though it's rude in an R-rated way, it has the good taste never to promise more than it can deliver. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Cox's style is a step beyond camp into a comedy of pure disgust; much of the film is churlishly unpleasant, but there's a core of genuine anger that gives the project an emotional validation lacking in the flabby American comedies of the early 80s. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Repo Man comes out of left field, has no big stars, didn't cost much, takes chances, dares to be unconventional, is funny, and works. There is a lesson here. Read more