Straight Time

Year: 1978

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Grosbard

Review

not sure how i got turned on to this one. reminded me a bit of badlands meets taxi driver meets dennis haysbert’s character in heat. hoffman is good as always. the film is slow at times, but has a nice arc. it’s a somewhat sad film, though i wouldn’t call it tragic. walsh is also good as the parole officer who gives hoffman a hard time. walsh is somewhat underrated, maybe because he doesn’t play leading men often enough.