Condorman

Condorman (1981)

  • 25% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 49% of users liked it
    (7,973 ratings)

The creator of a comic-book series (Michael Crawford) is recruited by a friend in the CIA (James Hampton) to rescue a beautiful Soviet defector (Barbara Carrera). He agrees, as long as he is permitted to don the persona of his most famous character, Condorman. ~ John Bush, Rovi

In Theaters
Aug 7, 1981 Wide
On DVD
May 18, 1999

Critic Reviews

  • John Corry, New York Times

    It is painless and chaste, and it has a lot of beautiful scenery and beautiful clothes. There are worse things to watch while you eat popcorn.

  • Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser

    Young children will be unmoved by the film, but older children will enjoy it, as will adults looking for some mindless fun.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    The film is pleasant but too hackneyed and heavy-handed to work well.

  • , Time Out

    An ideological intervention from the Disney machine: the Cold War re-heated for the kiddies.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Bland and bizarre attempt at Disneyfied super-heroics.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Ken S


    One of the many misguided live-action films that Disney made in the late 70's/early 80's was Condorman. It's the kind of film that sounds like it was made as a bet. The premise is insane and the execution is even more ridiculous. An american comic book writer is living… More

  • Jon L


    This was one of my favorite movies growing up. It is a light hearted, funny movie that I have seen a hundred times and can pretty well quote the whole thing. The quality of the film is not the greatest but I think everything from the acting to directing is really quite good. In my… More

  • David S


    I used to watch this repeatedly when I was young. To me it was my dream to be a superhero and Condorman managed to achieve this. Today we have films like 'Kick-Ass' where this is achieved in a different more brutal way! Watching it again now it's easy to find the whole… More

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