Macon McCalman Mr. B as Mr. Linda McClure Waynette as Waynette. Jackie Gleason Sheriff Buford T. Justice of Portague County. Hal Needham. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Bandit and Cledus are two truck-driving southerners who accept a dare from big-shots Big and Little Enos to pick up a truckload of beer from Texas and return it to them within a specified amount of time.
Picking it up is simple enough, but as they are leaving Texas, Bandit unwittingly picks up Carrie, a hitchhiking bride-to-be who just left her groom, Junior, at the altar. Junior, however, is the son of Sheriff Buford T. And when Buford and Junior discover what has happened, they go on a "high-speed pursuit" across the Southeast to catch the bandit. Time to take to the road, for a quiet little drive in the country Did you know Edit. Trivia Jackie Gleason said the cafe scene with himself and Burt Reynolds was not in the original story, it was Gleason's idea.
Quotes Buford T. Alternate versions The TV print needed extensive overdubbing to reduce the amount of profanity. Because it takes a lot less thought to fill up a movie with stunts than to create a comedy that's genuinely funny. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Sally Field as Carrie. Jerry Reed as Snowman. Jackie Gleason as Buford T. Mike Henry as Junior Justice.
Burt Reynolds as Bandit. Dom DeLuise as The Doc. Reviews Smokey and the Bandit II. Roger Ebert August 22, Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Road Movie. Gleason doing his burns and investing the film with a certain raunchy humor, the rest is up to the vehicles. And they don't do anything that hasn't been seen before. The stunts in Smokey are excellent but the comedy is numbing, and the acting is on a par with a junior high school production of Our Town.
Even Gleason comes across badly, and that's a major feat. Adolph Coors and Sons must have been very happy to have a minute commercial for their brew. User Score. Write a Review. More From Metacritic. Which films released in have the best chance at landing a best What to Watch Right Now on Peacock. Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added and coming Current Movie Releases.
By Metascore By User Score. A dog is threatened. Some romantic flirtation and kissing. The camera cuts away before any sexual activity is shown.
A male character ogles a pretty woman. Mild and moderate obscenities: "bitch," "turd," "hell," "s--t," "dumbass," "goddamn," "fag," "take a leak," "F. A character sends the "middle-finger salute. The transportation of Coors beer is a central plot element. Several key characters smoke throughout. A scene in a bar shows people consuming alcoholic beverages. Parents need to know that Smokey and the Bandit is a mids car-chase comedy with a classic set of antiheroes outwitting bumbling law-enforcement officers on highways from Texas to Georgia.
Likable characters break the law with abandon and humor. Cars crash, roll over, and fly through the air throughout the film, but there are no injuries or deaths. One character is beaten up in a bar and appears battered afterward, and a dog is threatened. Almost everyone swears "bitch," "s--t," "goddamn," "ass" ; there are insults "dummy," "fag," "turd," ; and sexual banter is used as a source of humor "knockers," "I'd like to jump you," "poontang".
A romance results in kissing, but sexual activity is implied and not shown. Coors beer plays a prominent part in the story. Add your rating See all 1 parent review. Add your rating See all 8 kid reviews. It isn't long before Texas troopers are alerted and the chase is on.
The stakes get higher when Carrie Sally Field , a runaway bride, convinces Bandit to help her escape. Her jilted bridegroom's father is a "Smokey" a local term for "sheriff" -- played by comic actor Jackie Gleason , who has vowed to get Carrie back. Will Bandit and Carrie fall in love?
Will Smokey be humiliated during endless encounters? Will Bandit and Cledus get the beer to Georgia? It's a mad dash across borders as the trio attempts to outwit and outrun their hapless pursuers. Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, and Jackie Gleason have a high time in this silly car-chase movie that was a big hit and spawned several sequels. Smokey and the Bandit is all crashes and booms, with a budding romance evolving between two very popular stars.
It's Burt Reynolds at his most ingratiating and Sally Fields at her most adorable well before her serious acting skills had been discovered by fans. It's always predictable and often funny; there's pratfall humor, with Smokey and his dim-witted son being made the butt of most of the jokes.
The PG rating issued well before the addition of PG doesn't quite take into account the continuous swearing and sexual repartee. Families can talk about all the comic car accidents in Smokey and the Bandit.
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