Don't be too quick to jump on Hurt with complaints of old-fashioned gay stereotyping. Only with a development well into the movie will the audience realize the layers he brought to Molina's role-playing.
90
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
Leonard Schrader adapted the screenplay from the novel by Manuel Puig, and his fearless willingness to explore every corner of human nature serves what is greatest and sweetest in the performances of William Hurt and Raul Julia.
88
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Each man winds up owing the other -- and the enormity of the sacrifices they make on one another's behalf are quite moving and have not been duplicated in the movies since.
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Tells one of those rare and entrancing stories where one thing seems to happen while another thing is really happening.
80
Variety
Variety
Some will find him (Hurt) mesmerizing, others artificially lowkeyed.