Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Steve_Walls183 I like these old B-Movies from the 1970's they're the kind that used to show on cable TV at 3:00AM "Born To Win" is a cool movie to watch when you're bored and have nowhere to go on a Saturday night.The story revolves around a junkie named JJ who spends most of his time doing small jobs for drug dealers, and getting paid with dope.There's a real 70's feel to this movie, with lots of funky music, dealers and druggies, walkin' the walk and talking' the talk!Featuring a very young Robert Deniro as Danny!.

luckyunicorn This comes off as if it could have been made to screen to American teens at schools in the 70's to show them that DRUGS ARE BAD- they turn people against each other, friends die, and it's all just awful. There's a great cast- Segal, Prentiss, and Black are all excellent- and Robert De Niro is young and clean cut in a supporting role. I guess George Segal wanted to show that he could play gritty after getting typecast as a light comedian- and he is terrific- but there's a completely flat non-ending ending, and it's all pretty depressing. I question the casting of charmers like Paula Prentiss and Karen Black- who both look fab- as the point of the film seems to be to deglamourise this lifestyle. Nice jazzy funky soundtrack fer sure, and George gets his kit off, but I can't in all honesty recommend this movie, unless you're very fond of seeing a lot of grungy types in 70's fashion disasters doing each other down and jive-assing about.

bbarnes1 If you want to learn why George Segal movies are no longer watched, this is a great opportunity. It is a fine example of amateur and extremely hammy characterizations, foolish jargon, awful editing, bad dialog, and complete lack of continuity. The only slightly redeeming feature is the jazz music which lurches from moment to moment without regard for the action, or lack of it, on screen. One moment George is hopping around in a pink peignoir, then he's shooting up in the bathroom, or trying to. If a film student submitted this turkey for review, he would be laughed out of class. Watch it only to see why the 70's antihero movie went out of style.

laursene ... not to direct - Ivan Passer's a master who ought to have steady employment and somehow doesn't. But can someone request Scorsese to get behind a restoration of this fine film? It may have been made on a low budget, but that's no reason why the only way to see it anymore is on disgracefully butchered videotapes that leave the story in fragments and turn the color photography into mush (I doubt it was quite this bad when originally released).I recall from Pauline Kael's review back when it came out that "Born to Win" was dumped on the market and hardly got an audience even then. Maybe with a decent restoration, and a nice DVD transfer, it can finally get some justice? And Ivan Passer can finally get some good projects to work on?On the critical note, and having seen both Born to Win and Midnight Cowboy again recently, I can say that Passer's film holds up a hell of a lot better than Schlesinger's rather more pretentious contraption. Less showboaty, but also far less sentimental and way more powerful. And a good job by the whole cast.