Editing Capricorn One (section)

==Reception==
[[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film "an expensive, stylistically bankrupt suspense melodrama" while describing much of its screenplay as "humorless comic-strip stuff."<ref>{{cite web |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |title=Film: 'Capricorn One' |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 1978 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/02/archives/film-capricorn-one.html |access-date=May 3, 2019}}</ref> Conversely, [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and called it "a surprisingly good thriller" with a runaway car sequence "that provides some of the best action footage I've seen in a long time."<ref>Siskel, Gene (June 8, 1978). "'Capricorn' is a pure joy ride". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. Section 2, p. 4.</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' faulted the film's "underdeveloped script" and "scattershot casting", calling the duo of Savalas and Gould "a bullseye" but Waterston and Simpson lacking in "group chemistry".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Film Reviews: Capricorn One|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 7, 1978|page=25|author=Hege.}}</ref>

Kevin Thomas of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' thought the beginning of the film was the best part, and what follows "is wildly uneven, veering between the serious and the merely silly, and ending up likely to please only the least demanding."<ref>Thomas, Kevin (June 2, 1978). "Meanwhile, Back at the Launch..." ''Los Angeles Times''. Part IV, p. 24.</ref> Gary Arnold of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote, "''Capricorn One'' harks back to the old adventure serials, but Hyams doesn't have remotely enough wit or technique to achieve a fresh stylization of vintage formulas."<ref>Arnold, Gary (June 6, 1978). "Hoax: 'Capricorn One' Never Gets Off the Ground". ''[[The Washington Post]]''. B5.</ref>

Richard Combs of ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' stated "Somewhere within this flabby, overproduced fantasy about space-age double-dealing and Watergate-type sleuthing lives a smaller, tighter film—and a much wittier satire on the space program and technologies, like Hollywood, designed to deceive and manipulate. The trouble is that this more ideal version is not really struggling to get out but wallowing complacently in the limitless excess that has become the Lew Grade trademark."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Combs |first=Richard |date=July 1978 |title=Capricorn One |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=45 |issue=534 |page=131 }}</ref>

In a retrospective review, AllMovie critic Donald Guarisco wrote: "This agreeable high-concept effort is one of Peter Hyams' most accomplished films. The script's conspiracy-theory premise requires a major suspension of disbelief, but Hyams makes it worthwhile for those willing to make that leap."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/capricorn-one-v8071/review|title=Capricorn One: Review|last=Guarisco|first=Donald|publisher=[[AllMovie]]|access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref>

''Capricorn One'' holds a 65% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's consensus states: "A string of questionable plot contrivances threaten to bury its story, but ''Capricorn One'' manages to unfurl an amusing, sharply cynical conspiracy yarn."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/capricorn_one|title = Capricorn One|website = [[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>