Fresh
Jack Hill directs for maximal suspense, violence, and voyeuristic appeal (which Grier certainly embodies).
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Coffy
The Baddest One-Chick Hit-Squad that ever hit town!
1973 · 1h 30m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Jack Hill
,
Walter Beakel
Overview
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Leaves a viewer with the happy thought that she now can get back to nursing and away from films like Coffy.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Rotten
Coffy is slightly more serious and a little more inventive than it needs to be.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Grier, a statuesque actress with a body she doesn't hesitate to show, is strongly cast. Booker Bradshaw as a city politician and William Elliott as an honest cop score well.
Variety
Fresh
The world Coffy inhabits is revealed as one where social, sexual and political exploitation are simply the norms.
Time Out
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