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Straw Dogs (1971)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:27

Rotten:2

Average Rating:8.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his wife to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and... A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his wife to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife. [More]

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Peter Arne, David Warner, Ken Hutchison, Colin Welland, Jim Norton

Director: Sam Peckinpah

Director: Sam Peckinpah
Screenwriter: David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah
Producer: Daniel Melnick
Composer: Jerry Fielding

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Jan 19, 1999

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Anchored by Dustin Hoffman's seminal performance, Peckinpah's second masterpiece (after The Wild Bunch) is still one of the most provocative, controversial, and ambiguous explorations of actual violence and our reaction to screen violence.

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07/28/09
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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07/22/08
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Gory and shocking.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
03/26/08
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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Um assustador estudo sobre o animal interior do Homem que, mesmo moralista, conservador e misógino, impressiona por sua complexidade.

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04/01/07
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

One of Sam Peckinpah's finest films, a relentless study in violence and machismo that is shocking, not only for its explicit gore, but for the degree to which it manipulates 'civilized' audiences.

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08/30/06
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

Peckinpah's treatise on violence and masculinity is disturbing on a fundamental level… and equally difficult to forget.

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12/09/05
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

A meaty uncompromising movie from the masterful Sam Peckinpah.

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12/05/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
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No review available.

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07/29/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

...Hoffman delivers a stunning, unforgettable performance.

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05/27/05
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

A glimpse into the hell of our secret selves.

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11/21/04
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Peckinpah’s semi-fascist tale works both ways: as a dream of male territorial revenge, and as female rape fantasy taken to a shockingly unexpected end.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
11/19/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Stunning study of human nature squeezed.

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10/25/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

The most offensive thing about the movie is its hypocrisy; it is totally committed to the pornography of violence, but lays on the moral outrage with a shovel.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
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03/04/04
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Director Peckinpah effectively explores the levels of so-called 'manhood' and takes them to a ludicrous but ultimately exciting conclusion.

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03/01/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

plays out with ferocious brilliance

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09/21/03
Mark Athitakis
Mark Athitakis
Filmcritic.com

Upon first viewing, it seems like a straightforward film, but the more one watches it, the more tension one sees in the relationship between the couple.

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08/05/03
Douglas Pratt
Douglas Pratt
Hollywood Reporter
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Sam Peckinpah doesn't find anything to cheer about when his Man expresses his rage.

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05/29/03
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
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Latest News for Straw Dogs

July 16, 2009: Bosworth and Skarsgard are Straw Dogs Opens in new window
Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard have signed on for Rod Lurie's remake of Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs," joining a cast that already included James Marsden. More...

April 23, 2009: James Marsden Joins Straw Dogs Opens in new window
James Marsden has been cast as the male lead in Rod Lurie's reimagining of Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs." More...

November 21, 2008: Rod Lurie Talks Straw Dogs Remake Opens in new window
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