chemistry at its best

Rating: Null/10 (19 August 2004)

steve mcqueen's wife related that newman came from next door to steve's house to offer the sundance role to him and that steve would have taken it had paul given him top billing.....as it turned out of course redford got the role due to steve's stubborness....and in retrospect we cant see anyone now but redford in that role....the chemistry with newman and redford continued in the sting about 5 years later.....
i love the movie but with 2 faults.....one, the dated "ba, ba, bah, bah, ba bah, soundtrack of burt bacharach.....raindrops was nice but enough of the interlude stuff....
the other thing is the film leaves you empty wanting more and of course they died so what do you do?.....I think better editing would have allowed for more scenes of action....perhaps with "percy garret" (strother martin)....or more train action....whatever the case, the film seems short and too fast paced getting to bolivia and their demise.....great movie however and very picturesque in backdrops....but the chemistry and humor are the main ingredients that make this film such a classic....perhaps one of the first films that blended comedy into a drama.