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
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... [More]
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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Reviews for Straw Dogs
Top CriticOne 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.
08/30/06
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07/22/08
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08/01/02
No review available.
10/09/05
A meaty uncompromising movie from the masterful Sam Peckinpah.
12/05/05
...Hoffman delivers a stunning, unforgettable performance.
05/27/05
Gory and shocking.
03/26/08
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06/24/06
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.
08/05/03
Top CriticAnchored 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.
07/28/09
No review available.
07/29/05
A great and troubling masterpiece, a film of such simultaneous depth and crudeness that it has elicited some of the most conflicting responses of his or any other filmmaker’s career.
04/13/03
Director Peckinpah effectively explores the levels of so-called 'manhood' and takes them to a ludicrous but ultimately exciting conclusion.
03/01/04
Sam Peckinpah doesn't find anything to cheer about when his Man expresses his rage.
05/29/03
Nothing has dimmed its visceral impact. And likely nothing will.
07/30/02
Feminists, espousers of non-violence, and self-defense activists have been battling out the meaning of this morality play for nearly 30 years now. The time may have arrived for a fresh re-examination.
04/02/03
plays out with ferocious brilliance
09/21/03
No review available.
03/04/04
A deeply fascinating look at violence.
04/02/03
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