The Deer Hunter

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Chris Mar 21, 2026 beautiful cinematic experience, I'm glad I finally watched it on the big screen See more

Lucy T @RT99539324 4 days ago Unforgettable. A film of grief rather than of praise or blame. Its refusal to give meaning to suffering is what hit so hard. See more

Fifty T @RT01421419 Nov 1, 2026 I came across this by chance, and realised it was a multi oscar winner, so gave it a shot. I wasn't disappointed. The acting is solid, and the direction is great, driven by a cast that reads like a who's who... many of them captured before they became superstars, including De Niro before his mob avatar. The narrative is thoughtfully built across three well defined acts: the steel days, the Vietnam war, and then the return, marking it as one of the earlier PTSD movies. Initially I thought the wedding scene was too long in act 1, but I think in hindsight it gave us the solid platform for characters and the emotional attachment to them. 7.5/10: It is a haunting portrayal of lingering trauma that has aged fine over time, though you really have to consider the 1970s filmmaking style to appreciate this 3 hour movie. See more

lolblog T @RT47829063 Oct 22, 2026 3 hours of movie just to have such a bad development of the movie, too much scenes that doesnt even mean anything at all... at least only some individual scenes are interesting but the whole movie takes a lot of time to show you anything meaningful. 2 out of 10 See more

Luke M @LukeCoolHand Oct 4, 2026 The Deer Hunter remains a powerful artifact of Vietnam-era cinema, though its classic status feels slightly overblown when allegorical drama overrides basic realism. ​What works best is how heavily Michael Cimino side-steps traditional combat to focus on the psychological trauma of capture and the harrowing Russian roulette sequences. The war isn't framed through military tactics, but through pure, suffocating chance. De Niro and Walken are exceptional as men fundamentally broken by war, while Meryl Streep gives a wonderfully tender, grounding performance. ​However, for all the atmospheric detail in the opening steel-mill town, the film's geography completely unravels in the mountains. Substituting the gentle Appalachians with the sharp, alpine North Cascades—and featuring a European Red Deer instead of an Appalachian whitetail—instantly pulls you out of an otherwise grounded character study. See more

Jeremy P @Jezza_Linko Sep 19, 2026 pretty damn good movie based on true story relatively long three hours and three minutes! See more

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