Editing Midnight Run (section)

==Legacy==
Thirty years on, some critics have warmed to the movie. For the film's 30th anniversary, [[Alan Sepinwall]], who has repeatedly professed that ''Midnight Run'' is his favorite movie, wrote about it for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'':<ref name="sepinwall">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/midnight-run-30th-anniversary-699279/|title=Midnight Run at 30: In Praise of the Casablanca of Buddy Comedies|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=July 20, 2018}}</ref>
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Yet all that ultimately matters---and makes the movie a classic worth revisiting on the 30th anniversary of its release---are two other words: Walsh and Duke.
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George Gallo credited the success of the movie to the relationship between Jack and the Duke:
<blockquote>In many ways it is a love story, although it is one that is short-lived. They meet each other, take an instant dislike to one another and over time grow to respect each other which leads to deeper feelings. Both men realize, despite their differences, that they share core beliefs of what is right and wrong. Audiences also think that the road trip angle to the story rings true. Everyone who has ever gone on a long road trip knows that things can go wrong and, as a result, adults can be reduced to behaving like children. No matter how well a script is written, it has to be fully realized by the director and actors. Every last person working on the film did a terrific job.<ref name="gallo">{{cite web|url=http://mikefury.net/midnight-run-interview-with-writer-george-gallo/|title=Midnight Run: Interview with writer George Gallo|date=April 15, 2015 }}</ref></blockquote>
De Niro attributed much of the film's eventual success to Charles Grodin. "The way Chuck Grodin is, it worked," he said. "His character was irritating and Chuck knew how to do that, to work that. I felt like that was a good way to go."<ref name="de niro">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/tribeca-12-judd-apatow-and-robert-de-niro-look-back-at-universal-pictures-first-100-years-20120420|title=Robert De Niro Talks 'Deer Hunter' & 'Midnight Run 2' And|author=Drew Taylor|date=April 20, 2012|work=The Playlist}}</ref>