Fassbinder gives an excellent performance as the abused Fox, and the direction is of his usual high standard.
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09/18/06
Fox and His Friends (1975)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:13
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: After winning the lottery, a rough-hewn carny finds himself propelled up the social ladder and surrounded by an entourage of snobbish "friends," including a manipulative lover. Golden Hugo Award,... [More]
Starring: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Harry Baer, Karl-Heinz Bohm
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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One of Fassbinder's own personal favorites, the powerful Fox and His Friends may also be the greatest gay film ever made.
06/24/06
One of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's brilliant melodramas from the 1970s.
05/08/06
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01/26/06
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07/03/05
It excludes all life that is not within the very narrow intentions of its author. Its pores have been painted over.
05/09/05
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12/26/04
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10/30/04
Here is a movie about characters who define themselves by their sexuality, but the movie doesn't. It takes the sexuality as a given, and defines them by their values and morals.
10/23/04
Top CriticThe film's stark relentlessness has power to move an audience.
06/26/04
Entertaining but oddly parsed coming of age tale. For Fassbinder enthusiasts only.
09/21/03
Make no mistake, this is the real Queer as Folk, but for all of Fassbinder’s gripes with an elite gay culture’s many sexual hang-ups, Fox and His Friends is first and foremost a riveting evocation of Social Darwinism in action.
08/31/03
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05/24/03
An ace snapshot from 27 years ago that still feels contemporary and pressing.
01/10/03
Not for a moment does Fassbinder indulge our fantasies that Fox's tryst might be working toward a happy ending.
07/15/02
Fox's journey downward is more of a straight shot than a spiral.
07/13/02
This 1975 melodrama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of his better middle-period films.
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