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.
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04/02/03
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
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.
11/19/04
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.
10/23/04
Top CriticUm assustador estudo sobre o animal interior do Homem que, mesmo moralista, conservador e misógino, impressiona por sua complexidade.
04/01/07
No review available.
03/04/04
A meaty uncompromising movie from the masterful Sam Peckinpah.
12/05/05
Director Peckinpah effectively explores the levels of so-called 'manhood' and takes them to a ludicrous but ultimately exciting conclusion.
03/01/04
[Creates] a disturbing mood further fueled by the picture's underlying themes.
03/26/03
No review available.
07/25/02
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.
07/28/09
No review available.
07/29/05
No review available.
10/09/05
A glimpse into the hell of our secret selves.
11/21/04
plays out with ferocious brilliance
09/21/03
Peckinpah's treatise on violence and masculinity is disturbing on a fundamental level… and equally difficult to forget.
12/09/05
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 CriticStunning study of human nature squeezed.
10/25/04
No review available.
08/01/02
Nothing has dimmed its visceral impact. And likely nothing will.
07/30/02
Mr. Peckinpah has made some good films (Ride the High Country) and a couple of great films (The Wild Bunch, The Ballad of Cable Hogue) -- which may be why Straw Dogs is a special disappointment.
05/20/03
Latest News for Straw Dogs
July 16, 2009:
Bosworth and Skarsgard are Straw Dogs 
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:
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James Marsden has been cast as the male lead in Rod Lurie's reimagining of Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs." More...
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