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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 30The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Douglas does a lot of stunts, some of them reasonably good; these seem to be the would-be comic backbone of a movie that's not after laughs but heehaws, which in any case it doesn't get.
- 30NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenThough kids may enjoy The Villain's harmless high jinks, most adults will feel that, at 90 minutes, this cartoon is about 80 minutes too long. [06 Aug 1979, p.56]
- 25TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAnother broad-brush, unfunny feature from one-time stunt director Needham.
- 25Washington PostGary ArnoldWashington PostGary ArnoldThe Villain is the sort of dumb comedy that never smartens up. [23 July 1979, p.B11]
- 25The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Villain is itself an extended cartoon, a cartoon with live actors as its director Hal Needham redundantly describes it. The result: while we still guffaw once or twice, our suffering increases proportionately as we are made to sit through a full 80 minutes of numbing mindlessness. [25 July 1979]
- 20Time OutTime OutDouglas mugs his way through a tedious routine of graceless, mistimed slapstick as his incompetent outlaw repeatedly fails to waylay the miscast Schwarzenegger and Ann-Margret, while director Needham - apparently lost without Burt Reynolds - resorts to hackneyed camera trickery, and only stops the rot with a truly offensive resolution.