Release
Upon its release, the film was a surprising success and became Eastwood's most commercially successful film at the time. It ranks high amongst those of his career, and was the second-highest grossing film of 1978. However, it was panned by the critics. David Ansen of Newsweek described the film as a "plotless junk heap of moronic gags, sour romance and fatuous fisticuffs".It continued, "The only decent part is played by an orangutan. One can forgive participation—he couldn't read the script—but what is Eastwood's excuse?" Variety commented that, "This film is so awful it's almost as if Eastwood is using it to find out how far he can go—how bad a film he can associate himself with".
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