Critic Reviews

Dirty Harry (1971) Movie Reviews

Expert Review Summary

Movie critics combined give Dirty Harry (1971) a score of 3.3068 out of 4

based on (53) reviews

Click on the numbers to the right of the graph to see reviews of that rating

Excellent

(26)

Very Good

(24)

Good

(3)

Fair

(0)

Poor

(0)

Rent, or watch instantly on

Add to Netflix
Queue or start
FREE Trial.

Reviews by Score:

See all (26) "Excellent" Reviews

At-A-Glance Film Reviews

Taking a cue from 1968's Bullitt, Dirty Harry stepped up the grit, grime, violence, and sleaze and kicked off a whole new style of inner city crime thrillers that pervaded the 70s and continue to evolve to this day. The French Connection came out the...read the complete Dirty Harry (1971) review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews

See all (24) "Very Good" Reviews

DVD Authority.com (Mike Miller)

Dirty Harry is "the" American cop classic. I will go ahead and write the story outline just in case you haven't seen the movie but if you haven't lived in a cave for a good portion of your life you have probably seen this movie. Clint Eastwood plays...read the complete Dirty Harry (1971) review at DVD Authority.com (Mike Miller)

See all (3) "Good" Reviews

Edinburgh U Film Society (Mark Radice)

Ambiguous yet manipulative, uplifting yet depressing, sincere yet cynical, Siegel's masterpiece gave us one of the greatest and certainly one of the most profound police thrillers, as well as setting Clint Eastwood off on the path of consistently...read the complete Dirty Harry (1971) review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Mark Radice)