AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

robespierre9 Burt Reynolds was so cool in Deliverance - too bad his movie career went down the tubes so quickly in the 70's! However, this movie is pretty funny to watch. Burt plays the aging stuntman very well, and his best scenes are with Jan Michael Vincent. I only wish they had more time together on screen. They could have made this a more serious drama - would have been interesting! As it stands, Jan-Michael lights up the screen with his few appearances, just making you wish he had more to do. The tension between Burt as the older man, and Jan as the young upstart works great. But he's not in this enough! Otherwise, everything else seems to be goofiness and filler, including Sally Field! But it may be worth your time just to see a few of the stunts - especially the daredevil car scene at the end.

Mike Newton I have always thought that the producers of "Hooper" did an injustice to Jock Mahoney nee Jacques Mahoney in not having him play the Brian Keith part. After all, the character's name was Jocko and Mahoney was called that by his co-workers. While Brian Keith may have been a better actor and known to younger audiences as "Uncle Bill" from TV's Family Affair (still playing cable TV somehere I'm sure), Mahoney was a great stuntman and early TV western star (Range Rider, Yancey Derringer) and even played Tarzan in a couple of films. His stepdaughter is Sally Field and his daughter Princess Mahoney played a bit part of one of the girls in the bar. It would have made it more of a family affair and younger audiences would have had the chance to see Jocko at work. He was president of the Stuntman's Union and had the reputation of doing dangerous stunts nobody else would touch. The saying around Hollywood was that "if Jocko walked away (refused) from a stunt, it was much too dangerous." Brian Keith's character comments on how he wished he hadn't spent so much time on the set and more time at home, helping to raise his daughter, played by Sally Field. It was a nice, warm touch which gave a little more realistic depth to the character.

MARIO GAUCI A lightweight look at 'the life of a Hollywood stuntman' (as the song featured on the soundtrack would have it) directed by a former stunt co-ordinator. Likable and fun - it comes up with plenty of amusing situations (and, naturally, dangerous stunts) throughout - but, ultimately, it's pretty forgettable; certainly not up to the level of the more significant (and relatively more serious) THE STUNT MAN (1980). Still, it takes care to deal with the bodily harm long exposure to this kind of work puts on an individual, as well as the strain on personal relationships; the film also pays sentimental tribute to ageing exponents of this short-term field (in the persona of Brian Keith).Lead Burt Reynolds is his usual mischievous, if limited, self; at one point, he shows hotshot newcomer Jan-Michael Vincent highlights from his past work - including scenes from John Boorman's DELIVERANCE (1972), an earlier Warner Bros. production which had co-starred Reynolds! The supporting cast includes Sally Fields as Reynolds' current girlfriend (and Keith's daughter), John Marley as a sympathetic film producer, James Best as Reynolds' sidekick, Adam West as the film star whom Reynolds' character usually doubles for - and, best of all, Robert Klein as Roger Deal, an egomaniacal film director who will stop at nothing for the sake of putting his "artistic" vision on the screen (a character reportedly based on Peter Bogdanovich, with whom Reynolds had worked on NICKELODEON [1976]!).

jrs-8 "Hooper" is yet another example of Burt Reynolds at the top of his game. Burt was a superstar who enjoyed making these action comedies for the summer drive-in crowd. The films usually made bundles of money and were usually pretty enjoyable. "Hooper" is one of Burt's better comedies of the 70's. He plays the title character, an aging Hollywood stuntman looking to make that last great stunt for the money and retire before his body gives out on him and serious damage occurs. Sally Field yet again plays Burt's girlfriend and, yet again, isn't given a whole lot to do. Jan Michael Vincent plays the new, young, hot shot stuntman that worries Burt. Brian Keith has a nice turn as Sally's father who happens to be a veteran stuntman himself.The characters are not the important thing though. You go to see "Hooper" to laugh and enjoy the action scenes. The filmmakers deliver the goods on both counts. One standout scene involves a bar fight involving such tough guys as Terry Bradshaw. Burt confronts Terry one on one and it's the comic highlight of the film. The stunts are sensational and the final stunt is, thematically, totally ridiculous. But it's so well filmed we forgive the obvious silliness."Hooper" is a fun film to watch but make sure to see it uncut. It seems that many of Burt's PG-rated movies of the 70's stretched the limits to get as close to the R-rating as possible without going over the line. "Hooper" is no exception.