70's Month - Day:11 Every Which Way but Loose

Every Which Way but Loose is a 1978 comedy starring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo, and an orangutan.

Philo (played by Clint Eastwood) is a man who makes a living fighting other guys in parking lots and construction sites for money. One evening he meets and quickly falls for a country singer named Lynn (played by Sondra Locke). A few days later, after Philo gives her some money, he goes to pick her up he learns that she has left California for Colorado. So he and his buddies Orville (played by Geoffrey Lewis) and Clyde the orangutan hop in Philo's truck and head for Denver. Along the way they pick up a woman at a produce stand (played by D'Angelo) who becomes Orville's love interest in the film. While the foursome is in search of Lynn, they re also being pursued by both a biker gang and two police officers that Philo pissed off in California and all sorts of comedic mishaps ensue. Eventually Philo finds Lynn, finds out that he was being hustled, gets in one more brawl, and the movie ends.

While it is a fairly entertaining movie, I wouldn't call it a good one necessarily. I found the comedy very hit and miss and, since Philo doesn't get the girl in the end or beat the legendary Tank Murdock (who is referenced multiple times throughout the film), I find the ending underwhelming. This one is worth watching once, but probably only once.
2 out of 5