Critic Reviews
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Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
James Caan, on roller skates, is trying to save the world. This needs a bit of explaining, which is only the beginning of the trouble with Rollerball.
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Variety Staff, Variety
Norman Jewison's sensational futuristic drama about a world of Corporate States stars James Caan in an excellent performance as a famed athlete who fights for his identity and free will.
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Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Lifeless, uninspired, and crammed with enough hints of intellectual consistency to give the socially conscious critical establishment shivers of excitement.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
Everyone else, including Mr. Caan and John Houseman, who plays a leading Houston executive, is more solemn and serious than the movie ever merits.
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, Film4
Inside the arena, it's a fantastic action movie, but outside, it's starchy and pretentious.
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Cast
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James Caanas Jonathan E. -
John Housemanas Bartholomew -
Maud Adamsas Ella
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John Beckas Moonpie -
Moses Gunnas Cletus -
Pamela Hensleyas Mackie
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