Editing The Great Santini (section)

===Critical reception===
The film was well received by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 95% rating based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/great_santini/ | title=The Great Santini (1979) | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Flixster]] | access-date=August 19, 2021}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' wrote: "Like almost all my favorite films, ''The Great Santini'' is about people more than it is about a story. It's a study of several characters, most unforgettably the Great Santini himself, played by Robert Duvall&nbsp;... There are moments so unpredictable and yet so natural they feel just like the spontaneity of life itself."<ref>{{cite web| first= Roger| last= Ebert| author-link= Roger Ebert| date= January 1, 1980| url= http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-great-santini-1980| work= [[Chicago Sun-Times]]| title= The Great Santini| access-date= May 29, 2019}}</ref> [[John Simon (critic)|John Simon]] of ''[[National Review]]'' wrote that ''The Great Santini'' was "an uneven achievement that nevertheless contains enough of value to justify catching it".<ref>{{cite book |title=Reverse Angle: A Decade of American Film |last=Simon |first=John |author-link=John Simon (critic) |publisher=Crown Publishers Inc. |year=1982 |page=412}}</ref>