Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

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

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

This movie is kind of a weaker "Midnight Run" film. I liked it a bit more than a lot apparently as it is scored rather low here. I found it rather humorous and I liked how it played out. I enjoy films of this nature just as I enjoyed "Midnight Run". This one has a bunch in common with that film, it also reminds me a bit of a film called "Dead Bang" with Don Johnson as the bad guys at the end were very similar. This one though is a bit of a road trip movie on a smaller scale than "Midnight Run", however it works in its own simple way. Mainly because Clint Eastwood is in it and he adds something to this movie to be sure. The film features Peters as a woman who is married to a guy who has been hanging with the wrong crowd. She ends up arrested, jumps bail with her husband's pink Cadillac and her and her baby are on the run. Enter Clint who is the bounty hunter assigned to tracking her down. Things are not all that cut and dry though as something of interest is hidden within that car. Like I said, for what it was I enjoyed it. It was not Clint's best movie, or even his best comedy, but I thought it was enjoyable.

Someone who, as the result of long military deployment at the end of the Cold War, saw nearly every theatrical release of the time is familiar with the Eastwood Mayoral Late Bubblegum Period. Scholars define this as Clint's tenure as mayor of Carmel, between the Marine anthem "Heartbreak Ridge" in 1986 and Clint's Western opus "Unforgiven" in 1992. In 1988 he put a belated end to Dirty Harry in the "Dead Pool," in 1990 he had a PG-13 bondage scene with Sonia Braga in "The Rookie," and in between there was this streetwise chase caper that was, to our loss, his only work with Bernadette. Bounty hunter Tommy (euphemistically a "skip tracer" since he's chasing a girl) captures bail jumper Lou Ann in Las Vegas and becomes caught up in the chase for a cash stash hidden in her pink '59 Caddy convertible by her drug-addict husband & his white supremacist, counterfeiting friends. Clint is at his most likable in these average-Joe tough-guy roles, men who survive only by their wits in seedy jobs (bounty hunter, bank robber, detective, street boxer) & take their lumps when they fall for lost causes or damsels in distress. Peters is fantastic in a humdrum role, going from sullen to sassy to sexy to sensitive without letting us down for an instant. The film is pure fun for its first two thirds, featuring little besides the two stars (Clint mimicking Bernadette's unique soprano is not to be missed). Geoffrey Lewis, an essential in all Eastwood movies like this, is entertaining as ever, this time as an addled hippie forger. The story follows the formula of several movies of this period, the best of which was "Midnight Run" (Cop/bounty hunter finds initial quarry, who's a patsy holding the key to bringing down a really nasty criminal/terrorist outfit). Unfortunately, the bad guys are too psycho-nasty for the light-hearted script, which also features Lou Ann's baby as a hostage. The pre-"Sopranos" mob bad guys of "Midnight Run" brought just the right amount of humor to distill their menace, but if you can find anything funny about neo-Nazi redneck drug addict survivalist militiamen who kidnap babies, please seek therapy. Clint actually gives it a shot near the end, so never let it be said he's not up for a dramatic challenge. "Pink Cadillac" isn't worthy as the only vehicle for the Broadway star and the greatest tough guy of his day, but it was a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours at sea. Compliments to "Speed Channel's" Lost Drive-in for bringing this & other forgotten car movies back to the small screen.

Somehow I was under the impression that this is a turkey. Perhaps the poster - or DVD cover, as it were - was the source of this (mis)conception. Or the title. Ridiculous the film is constantly, but in an enjoyable manner. Though it is presumably meant as a comedy, it actually feels more like a tongue-most-of-the-time-in-cheek action piece where little happens. It's too long. There are a few emotional scenes as well; they don't work and seem out of place.The supporting performances are so over-the-top that they do achieve some laughter. Don't blink or you'll miss "James" Carrey setting the tone for his career to come. There are also some decent lines here and there. But I don't really like watching dumb characters act, hence my grimacing during certain scenes.Clint shows his-- nay, his character shows his range in the variety of roles he plays. As noted earlier, his effort here at comedy looks a tad amateurish, but is nevertheless an amusing one. The redneck in particular is quite thought-provoking.This is surprisingly good, though nothing extraordinary, and certainly exceeds the orangutan embarrassments. It's enjoyable and occasionally even funny. Who wouldn't want to see Clint in a porno 'stache?

As mentioned in another comment, this film is very, very similar to the brilliant De Niro movie Midnight Run which came out a year before this one. This one pales in comparison unfortunately. I wouldn't have thought it was a deliberate move by Eastwood to cash in on the success of Midnight Run, because I don't think Clint has to ride on anyone's coat tails, and was Midnight Run a big hit anyway? Actually this must be one of Clints least known films, its very rarely shown on TV here in Great Britain, in fact I think it went straight to video, a Clint Eastwood film straight to video! It must be really bad yeah? well no, not really, but not exactly great either. Its a pleasant enough way to spend a couple of hours, and does show Clint doing different things. He takes on different personas in his Bounty hunter role to catch the crooks including a DJ and a redneck, which I thought was hilarious, really funny. Bernadette Peters was really good in this I thought as well, bright and quirky. What really let it down was the gang of Nazi redneck bikers (or whatever they were meant to be), they bordered on comedy villains, in fact I kept waiting for Clyde the Orangatun to wander on screen and punch them out and drink all their beer! So one for Clint fans only I'm afraid (like me!) P.S See if you can spot Jim Carrey AND Canadian rocker Bryan Adams in the film.