Mr. Reynolds is gone, and whatever was enjoyable about the ''Smokey'' formula went with him.

The sense of fun in that original is missing and the countless smashups and near-misses are orchestrated randomly.

Lowry, Birnbaum, and Dasheu are really unfortunate they weren't making movies 45 years ago; they could have done real well for themselves making two-reel comedies for Joseph Goebbels.

…a ragbag of stunts, low, low comedy and slammed-together storytelling that’s something of a nadir for cinema…as a snapshot of racism and misogyny, Smokey Part 3 certainly has the goods, lousy comedy, lazy stereotypes and ugly aggression towards women…