The friendship between the three central characters, as well as their shared association with the men from their small hometown, is truthful and realistic in a way that most guys will find impossible to resist.
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04/29/09
The Deer Hunter (1978)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:40
Rotten:4
Average Rating:8.3/10
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
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, John Savage
Director: Michael Cimino
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Reviews for The Deer Hunter
This excruciatingly violent, three-hour Viet Nam saga demolishes the moral and ideological cliches of an era: it shoves the audience into hell and leaves it stranded without a map.
02/20/09
Top CriticThe first half and second half of the film couldn't be more different but that is the genius behind the film.
08/03/08
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.
02/20/08
Top CriticNo review available.
11/02/07
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 CriticA visceral film that says volumes about the horrors of war and its impact on the lives of typically well adjusted people.
12/13/06
This is probably one of the few great films of the decade.
01/26/06
Top CriticNo review available.
07/02/05
No review available.
11/22/04
It is a heartbreakingly effective fictional machine that evokes the agony of the Vietnam time.
10/23/04
Top CriticNo review available.
10/08/04
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09/09/04
A simultaneuosly touching and harrowing experience that puts the audience directly in the shoes of one man's experience of Vietnam.
08/04/04
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07/08/04
No review available.
06/17/04
a hollow movie that only play-acted at meaning; the sucker was us.
04/04/04
No review available.
11/11/03
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