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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
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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Top CriticGory and shocking.
Um assustador estudo sobre o animal interior do Homem que, mesmo moralista, conservador e misógino, impressiona por sua complexidade.
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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Peckinpah's treatise on violence and masculinity is disturbing on a fundamental level… and equally difficult to forget.
A meaty uncompromising movie from the masterful Sam Peckinpah.
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...Hoffman delivers a stunning, unforgettable performance.
A glimpse into the hell of our secret selves.
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.
Stunning study of human nature squeezed.
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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Director Peckinpah effectively explores the levels of so-called 'manhood' and takes them to a ludicrous but ultimately exciting conclusion.
plays out with ferocious brilliance
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.
Top CriticSam Peckinpah doesn't find anything to cheer about when his Man expresses his rage.
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:
James Marsden Joins Straw Dogs
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
Want to know what in the world would possess Rod Lurie to remake "Straw Dogs"? So did CHUD's Devin Faraci, and in a recent interview with Lurie, he had the chance to get the... More...
December 27, 2007:
Clive Barker and Guillermo del Toro Are Being Born
Clive Barker and Guillermo del Toro are getting ready to explore the dark side of Claymation. More...
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