TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Michelle Ridley The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

paulclaassen Well, this was a lot of fun! Non-stop action from beginning to end, and the humor was quite funny, too. Jackie Gleason is such a likable antagonist! Burt Reynolds is excellently cast as the Bandit. This is probably one of the best action comedies you'll ever see; I'm inclined to call it perfect! Wow, they wrecked a lot of cars. Trust stuntman Hal Needham to bring you an unforgettable action film with great stunts. Well done, Hal!

Uriah43 Due to a law that made it illegal to transport Coors Beer to any state east of Texas, an extremely rich man named "Big Enos Burdett" (Pat McCormick) and his son "Little Enos" (Paul Williams) decide to make a bet to any trucker willing to drive from Atlanta to Texarkana and then return with 400 cases within 28 hours. Quite intrigued, a man with the CB handle of "Bandit" (Burt Reynolds) convinces his friend "Snowman" (Jerry Reed) to take the wager. That being said, although they manage to get the beer in Texarkana, upon beginning the drive back Bandit--who is running interference in a Trans Am for Snowman's semi-truck--picks up a female hitchhiker named "Carrie" (Sally Field) who is wearing a wedding dress and wants to get as far away from Texarkana as fast as she can. What Bandit doesn't know is that she is trying to escape from a Texas sheriff named "Buford T. Justice" (Jackie Gleason) who has just spent a great amount of time and money on a wedding for his son and is determined to get her back at all costs. And if that means pursuing him all the way to Georgia then that is exactly what this "Smokey" will do. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this movie was extremely influential in kicking off a new American craze involving CB radios and films based on highway truck drivers. Although a couple of these movies were good, many have since faded into obscurity. Fortunately, this particular film has endured the ravages of time and in my opinion is perhaps the best of the bunch. Above average.

popcorninhell A pair of southern, good 'ol boy truck drivers are dared into bootlegging beer while being chased by countless police cars on the Fourth of July. Their aided by a runaway bride nicknamed Frog (Field) and cast of colorful characters running interference and keeping tabs on them via CB radio. The only way the plot of Smokey and the Bandit could be more unabashedly American is if someone stuck a firework up their a** while singing the national anthem. Did I mention that our protagonist, the infamous Bandit is played by none other than masculinity incarnate Burt Reynolds?Bandit's main job is being the truck's blocker; i.e. the guy who scouts ahead and distract Smokeys (police) to clear a path for his reluctant partner Snowman (Reed). As such the Bandit drives a 1977 T-Top Pontiac Firebird Trans Am special edition with a painted valve covered V8 engine and a top speed of 135 miles and hour. To complete the ensemble, the Trans Am has gold rims, is painted black and features a golden firebird ascending from the top of one mean looking hood. Smokeys from Texarkana to Georgia try in vain to catch the legendary Bandit but alas the man is too slick, even for the likes of Buford T. Justice (Gleason) a Texas sheriff whose son's bride to be has been picked up by the bristles of Burt Reynold's mustache.The events of Smokey and the Bandit play out like a live-action Road Runner (1966-1973) cartoon with Reynold's tongue firmly placed in cheek. The antics of the smooth-talking Reynolds, the rodeo clownishness of Snowman and the game-for-anything Sally Fields makes for something uniquely satisfying. Like listening to the tit-for-tat dialogue of Oscar Wilde slumming it on an episode of Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985). It goes a long way, especially when you consider you're essentially watching a B-movie with a wafer-thin plot.Perhaps "thin" isn't the word to use; rather it's small and maladroit compared to cheeseball truck-centric originators like Plunder Road (1957) and Red Ball Express (1952). There's not a lot of unnecessary subplots or backstory; heck even the time-clock aspect of the film is frightfully underplayed, choosing instead to focus on mythologizing the star, the car and the CB radio. Yet largely thanks to Jackie Gleason's scenery-chewing pomposity we never get the feeling that this film is anything more than a cheap and fun carnival ride. One whose trajectory is a barrel of laughs and whose ending is surprisingly layered given the time it was released. But who cares; stuntman turned director Hal Needham certainly doesn't and neither do the throngs of fans who have made this film a populist classic. I say let the good times roll!

shockey514 One of the best comedies of all time. Gleason came out of his shell of never working blue, which is what made this movie. Beyond the cool factor of the car, in my opinion possibly the coolest car ever, and Burt Reynolds as the Bandit Buford T. Justice is amazing. The fact that anyone could not like this movie is simply insane to me. There is so many lines many people to this day I hear say, and everyone laughs. Burt Reynolds is forever the Bandit, and Gleason to me will always be Smokey lol. But seriously the movies is light hearted and funny. It's not t be taken seriously, and that's why it's a classic, and to me an all time top 10 comedy movie.