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11/23/07
The Last Picture Show (1971)
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Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 28
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 8.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 28 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Director Peter Bogdanovich (MASK, PAPER MOON) brings Larry McMurtry's bittersweet novel of life in a small, sleepy Texas town in the early 1950s to the big screen. This coming-of-age tale, shot in haunting black-and-white by... [More]
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Ben Johnson
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
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Reviews for The Last Picture Show
Notre Dame professor Edward Fischer has said that 'the best films, like the best books, tell how it is to be human under certain circumstances'. Larry McMurtry did a beautiful job of this.
07/18/07
Top Critic It's all fairly calculated, though Bogdanovich knows how to cast actors and highlight character turns.
07/18/07
Top Critic This brilliant film depicts the gradual decay and death of community life (what sociologist Toennis called Gemmeinshaft), lamenting the loss of intimacy and relationships, as a result of TV and other forces that forever changed American life.
07/31/06
Superb performances all round add to the charm of this fine, if now unfashionable film.
02/09/06
A lot of films bill themselves as 'Classics', but here's one that actually deserves the title. As entertaining today as it was in 1971.
06/11/05
The film is above all an evocation of mood. It is about a town with no reason to exist, and people with no reason to live there. The only hope is in transgression.
10/23/04
Top Critic Sad, haunthing and completely unforgettable. The most authentic depiction of small town life I've even seen put on the screen.
03/09/04
A modern classic; Bogdanovich's bleak story features great performances by a young, talented cast.
10/14/03
This episodic, human story lives and breathes with more power than any Darth Vader or Rocky.
07/30/03
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