was shot entirely on location in and around Tulsa, Oklahoma and its suburbs, the setting of the S. E. Hinton novel on which it is based. Reception Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Tex holds an approval rating of 85% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. Janet Maslin of The New York Times lauded the picture as "an utterly disarming, believable portrait of a small-town adolescent" that "captures Miss Hinton's novel perfectly" and that would "make a star out of Matt Dillon" and "forever alter the way moviegoers think about Walt Disney pictures." Roger Ebert gave the film 4 stars out of 4 and noted that Hunter and Haas, as in their previous writing effort, the 1979 film Over the Edge, were "still remembering what it's like to be young, still getting the dialogue and the attitudes, the hang-ups and the dreams, exactly right." David Sterritt of The Christian Science Monitor called it "probably the best picture turned out by the Disney studio since the heyday of the legendary Walt himself." On the other hand, Variety wrote that "writers Charlie Haas and Tim Hunter (latter making his directing debut) seem intent on incorporating every conceivable adolescent and adult trauma into their script [from the novel by S.E. Hinton], thus leaving the film with a very overdone, contrived feeling." Accolades Home video release Tex was released on VHS in 1983 by Walt Disney Home Video. The film was released on DVD by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on September 7, 2004. References External links 1982 films 1982 drama films 1982 directorial debut films 1980s American films 1980s English-language films 1980s coming-of-age drama films 1980s high school films American coming-of-age drama films American high school films Films about brothers Films about father–son relationships Films about friendship Films about teenagers Films based on American novels Films directed by Tim Hunter Films produced by Tim Zinnemann Films scored by Pino Donaggio Films set in Tulsa, Oklahoma Films shot in Oklahoma Walt Disney Pictures films