The Deer Hunter (1978)
90 %
Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 38 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 8.4/10
Consensus:
Its greatness is blunted by its length and one-sided point of view, but the film's weaknesses are overpowered by Michael Cimino's sympathetic direction and a series of heartbreaking performances from Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, and Christopher Walken.
Runtime: 3 hrs 4 mins
Synopsis: An epic three-hour tale of lives forever changed by the Vietnam War, THE DEER HUNTER follows the transformation of a tight group of friends from a working-class town, taking its place alongside such classics as ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT in telling a story of war and disillusionment. On the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale
Director: Michael Cimino
Screenwriter: Deric Washburn
Producer: Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall
Composer: Stanley Myers
Screenwriter: Deric Washburn
Producer: Barry Spikings, Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, John Peverall
Composer: Stanley Myers
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Reviews
The film is ambitious and it succeeds on a number of levels and it proves that Cimino is an important director who deserves to be watched carefully.
Comment
02/20/08
Top Critic
Most fascinating of all is the apparent limitlessness of Cimino's megalomania.
09/25/07
Like an honorable soldier, Cazale gave everything he had for a cause in which he believed.
07/08/07
Gauging the shifting moods of the 1970s, this tale of life and love disrupted by war is as arresting as a bullet to the brain.
06/13/07
A disgusting account of what the evil Vietnamese did to poor, innocent Americans stands at the center of this Oscar-laden weepie about macho buddies from a small industrial town.
12/13/06
Top Critic
A visceral film that says volumes about the horrors of war and its impact on the lives of typically well adjusted people.
12/13/06
It is a heartbreakingly effective fictional machine that evokes the agony of the Vietnam time.
10/23/04
Top Critic
A simultaneuosly touching and harrowing experience that puts the audience directly in the shoes of one man's experience of Vietnam.
08/04/04
a hollow movie that only play-acted at meaning; the sucker was us.
04/04/04
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