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Grand Theft Auto Reviews

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In exchange for being allowed to make his directorial debut in Grand Theft Auto, Ron Howard agreed to take no salary as a director, merely as star and co-screenwriter (with his dad Rance). The plot finds Sam Freeman (Howard) eloping with his heiress girlfriend Paula Powers (Nancy Morgan). Her mob-connected dad Bigby Powers (.. Read more

Starring	Nancy Morgan, Ron Howard, Hoke Howell, Rance Howard
Director	Ron Howard
Genres	Action/Adventure, Comedy

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- Amiable slapstick chase movie with one car crash after another - though many take place off-screen, no doubt to keep down the cost of this low budget comedy, as would be expected with Roger Corman as executive producer.
- 31728
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  Like The Game?!?
  
  Well I cant understand how they made a game from this as the car theft is silly. The plot is awful. Wish they would remake the film!!!
  
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  - Phillip Woodliffe
  - Wales
  - 03 Nov 2004 at 16:57
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  - 0
  grand theft auto
  
  good movie well worth watching would recommend to all gta game fans out there as i thought movie was very bril
  
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- - a customer
  - uk
  - 12 Oct 2010 at 20:19
- - 1
  - 3
  not as good as gta3
  
  gta! i got all the games on my ps2 i am gettind iv on october
  
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- - a customer
  - blackburn
  - 21 Apr 2007 at 11:07
- - 0
  - 3
  eric diazs view
  
  grand theft auto i have all the games on my ps2 i am getting iv on october
  
  who bothers about the movie
  
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  - blackburn
  - 03 Apr 2007 at 16:19
- - 0
  - 0
  Really Bad Film
  
  Dont watch this, the front cover is nothing like the film. Want to see a good car chase film? Just watch the 1974 version of Gone in 60 Seconds
  
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  - 09 Jan 2007 at 19:41
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  Bored
  
  Whatever you do, dont bother to rent this dvd. After seeing about 50 scenes of cars crashing it starts to become a little bit tedious and boring o this the ... read more »
  
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  - Hastings, East Sussex.
  - 17 Sep 2005 at 15:56
- - 0
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  Lost Intrest
  
  Watched this film because of the Game that was released of the same name, but could not understand how they managed to make a game out of the film.
  
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- 102825
- - a customer
  - West Midlands
  - 13 May 2005 at 15:01
- - 3
  - 2
  Like The Game?!?
  
  Well I cant understand how they made a game from this as the car theft is silly. The plot is awful. Wish they would remake the film!!!
  
  Report this review
- 24007
- - Phillip Woodliffe
  - Wales
  - 03 Nov 2004 at 16:57
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- - 3
  - 2
  Like The Game?!?
  
  Well I cant understand how they made a game from this as the car theft is silly. The plot is awful. Wish they would remake the film!!!
  
  Report this review
- 24007
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Phillip Woodliffe
  - Wales
  - 03 Nov 2004 at 16:57
- - 1
  - 0
  Bored
  
  Whatever you do, dont bother to rent this dvd. After seeing about 50 scenes of cars crashing it starts to become a little bit tedious and boring o this the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 151688
- - a customer
  - Hastings, East Sussex.
  - 17 Sep 2005 at 15:56
- - 0
  - 0
  Lost Intrest
  
  Watched this film because of the Game that was released of the same name, but could not understand how they managed to make a game out of the film.
  
  Report this review
- 102825
- - a customer
  - West Midlands
  - 13 May 2005 at 15:01
- - 0
  - 0
  Really Bad Film
  
  Dont watch this, the front cover is nothing like the film. Want to see a good car chase film? Just watch the 1974 version of Gone in 60 Seconds
  
  Report this review
- 400526
- - Fivenations
  - 6 reviews
  - Reading
  - 09 Jan 2007 at 19:41
- - 0
  - 0
  grand theft auto
  
  good movie well worth watching would recommend to all gta game fans out there as i thought movie was very bril
  
  Report this review
- 931120
- - a customer
  - uk
  - 12 Oct 2010 at 20:19
- - 1
  - 3
  not as good as gta3
  
  gta! i got all the games on my ps2 i am gettind iv on october
  
  Report this review
- 432167
- - a customer
  - blackburn
  - 21 Apr 2007 at 11:07
- - 0
  - 3
  eric diazs view
  
  grand theft auto i have all the games on my ps2 i am getting iv on october
  
  who bothers about the movie
  
  Report this review
- 426696
- - a customer
  - blackburn
  - 03 Apr 2007 at 16:19

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Critics' reviews
- Amiable slapstick chase movie with one car crash after another - though many take place off-screen, no doubt to keep down the cost of this low budget comedy, as would be expected with Roger Corman as executive producer.
- 31728
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- Looking like something that Peckinpah might have made as a boy, this can best be described as an automotive snuff... read more on Time Out
- 44992
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- "...Howard need take a back seat to no one..."
- 10442
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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  In exchange for being allowed to make his directorial debut in Grand Theft Auto, Ron Howard agreed to take no salary as a director, merely as star and co-screenwriter (with his dad Rance). The plot finds Sam Freeman (Howard) eloping with his heiress girlfriend Paula Powers (Nancy Morgan). Her mob-...