George Roy Hill was never able to 'hit it off' with the critics despite the fact that 2 of his films - Zwei Banditen (1969), and Der Clou (1973) - had remained among the top 10 box office hits by 1976. His work was frequently derided as 'impersonal' or lacking in stylistic trademarks. Andrew Sarris famously referred to it as 'idiosyncratic, odious...