I don't know why the low scores, I loved it. At the end I was sitting on the edge of my seat.

Robert Redford plays a man who loves to fly and will take any job that dont regulate his love to do what he wants.

A big bright, colorful period piece about the early days of daredevil aviation barnstorming. Excellent performances, snappy dialogue, a joy ride indeed. Masterful screenwriter William Goldman delivers again with a smart, engaging, and poignant drama. Great cinematography, editing, music, and of course Redford in his prime. - I loved this film.

In terms of cinematography it doesn't get much better then The Great Waldo Pepper and to think it's near a half a century old. The planes, period costumes and backdrop just so incredibly vivid. Redford was such a beautiful man but my lord he could never really act. The guy had one character and he pretty much played it in all his movies. Pretty to look at, deliver the lines in the Redford way and that's about it. If they had a real lead actor, one with some real chops with charisma and able to interpret the Pepper character with his own unique twist the movie could have been truly great. Redfords, layed back, under performing style dependent on his facial expressions and simple mutteiings was not right for the over the top swashbuckler the roll demanded.

This is a personal film of the director who is a pilot. Redford looks great here. Lots of aerial scenes. That's it!

a great companion to john frankenheimers film the gypsy moths

This is one of the best movies out there to explain the mystique that flying holds over so many people. The flying sequences are well done and reflect the fact that the director, George Roy Hill, was a veteran USMC pilot. The characters and plot are sentimental but carry the story forward. Overall it's a great movie for escaping to the long lost time of the barnstormers.

This is a great movie that seems to have been overlooked, unfortunately. It has a great deal of depth and relevance in many ways. Historically, its story is set in a period that was a solid time of change.

Robert Redford was at his best in the 1970s. This was his finest acting decade. In this film, he showed Waldo's macho die-hard mentality that lives in all us men. Yet, when the times were too strong he also showed Waldo's vulnerability. The rest of the cast was amazing, especially Bo Bruden's potrayal of Ernst Kessler. as a man just looking to finish a life the only way he knows how to live. Great story and character arches. Loved it.

First off some of not the best areal biplane scenes ever filmed. And I did write FILMED! No doubt this movie would be full of CGI today. The plot carries along well enough. Remember this is a 1975 flick. Acting is done by now, Hollywood royalty acting is good. Unfortunately the ending although enduring, most may feel falls short. It captures a great part of Americana lost to the past and overall a very entertaining film. And i did say film.

Those flying sequences look so real because they are!

quite dull without a hero to root for

good bio-pic of sorts

This was a great movie, Robert Redford showing why he was one of the best in Hollywood. And the airplane stunts in here are fantastic. It also has a lot of humor in it as all.

Sort of a precursor to 'Princess Bride', 'Waldo Pepper' offers a smiliar deconstruction by Bill Goldman, this time of war heroism. Combined with Hill's ambitious direction, especially the real time flight sequences, it's a real treat.

There's nothing GREAT about it!

Have not seen this one since I was a kid. Some awesome biplane stunts and footage. Another good collaboration between George Roy Hill and Redford.

Robert Redford is superb in one of his life's major roles. An entertaining adventure with amazing stunt scenes, breathtaking. Many lovely oneliners to laugh at. Yes, there are two Swedish actors, but as so often in Hollywood, they have to play Germans - like here Bo Brundin in the role as German pilot Ernst Kessler. (The role is based probably on Ernst Udeth, German war hero who after the first World War made his living as a stuntman, particularly in Hollywood)

A film set in the golden age of flying.

Redford's fun work with a great character in Robert Duvall