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The Ritz
Directed by
Richard Lester
R
1976
1h 31m
Comedy
,
Crime
6.8
62%
79%
5.9
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Evading a mob contract on his life, a heterosexual man winds up hiding out at a homosexual bathhouse.
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Cast of The Ritz
Jack Weston
Gaetano Proclo
Rita Moreno
Googie Gomez
Jerry Stiller
Carmine Vespucci
Kaye Ballard
Vivian Proclo
F. Murray Abraham
Chris
Paul B. Price
Claude
Treat Williams
Michael Brick
John Everson
Tiger
Christopher J. Brown
Duff
Dave King
Abe
Bessie Love
Maurine
Tony De Santis
Balloon Man
Ben Aris
Patron with Bicycle
Peter Butterworth
Patron in Chaps
Ronnie Brody
Small Patron
John Ratzenberger
Patron
Hal Galili
Patron with Cigar
Chris Harris
Patron
George Coulouris
Old Man Vespucci
Leon Greene
Muscle Bound Patron
The Ritz Ratings & Reviews
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...a mostly intolerable endeavor that grows less and less interesting (and more and more interminable) as it progresses...
El Nuevo Herald (Miami)
Rene Jordan
Rita Moreno traipses over the defiled..,.This, ladies and gentlemen, is an artistic event, that is not often seen in theaters, or on stage: this is creation. [Full review in Spanish]
Gay Community News (Boston)
Tom Steele
The Ritz is a film which explores the farcial possibilities of collisions between gays and straights. To enjoy it, you must not expect anything more -- or less -- than good farce.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Funny in spots but disappointing as a whole.
Los Angeles Free Press
Ruth Batchelor
The Ritz ia hilariously funny comedy. Brilliantly written, directed and acted.
Gannett News Service
Bernard Drew
The actors scream, rampage, and flounce their way across the screen exactly as they did on stage, and what worked effectively within the limits of the proscenium, seems sometimes, to be simply exaggerated or hysterical when seen on the screen.
Out Magazine
Armond White
Rewatching it triggered my rediscovery of that period in film history when gay subjects were just gaining visibility and mainstream mediamakers were advancing recognition at the same time as the out-front cultural progress of disco.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
OK version of the play enlivened by occasional flashes of Lester creativity.
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Michael A. Smith
Funny version of the Broadway show. Look for an early Treat Williams appearance.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The Ritz never quite succeeds. Its ambition is clearly to be a screwball comedy in the tradition of the 1930s classics and such recent attempts as What's Up, Doc? and Silent Movie. But it lacks the manic pacing, and the material grows thin
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