American Graffiti
1973, Drama/Comedy, 1h 50m
53 Reviews 50,000+ RatingsWhat to know
One of the most influential of all teen films, American Graffiti is a funny, nostalgic, and bittersweet look at a group of recent high school grads' last days of innocence. Read critic reviews
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Curt Henderson
Steve Bolander
John Milner
Terry "The Toad" Fields
Laurie Henderson
Debbie Dunham
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Critic Reviews for American Graffiti
All Critics (53) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (2)
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The ostensible narrative focus is Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), the sensitive scholarship kid determined to break away, but the film, sometimes to its detriment, is more in love with the vibrant small-town milieu.
February 20, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Without unnecessary nudging or underlining, Lucas beautifully establishes his characters as both enslaved to the image of themselves which the media have given them and permanently in need of its company.
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The movie is a comic poem which celebrates the past but also catalogues its textures with telling precision. American Graffiti looks like no other movie, an achievement which is always the best measure of a truly gifted director.
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This superb and singular film catches not only the charm and tribal energy of the teen-age 1950s but also the listlessness and the resignation that underscored it all like an incessant bass line in one of the rock-'n'-roll songs of the period.
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Brilliant and highly influential.
February 14, 2012 | Rating: A+ | Full Review… -
A funny-serious movie with gorgeous cars and colours and an amazing feel for the artefacts of an instantly vanished era.
May 6, 2008 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for American Graffiti
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Jan 15, 2017Thankfully there is no where near as much empty headed nostalgia as I had suspected. That George Lucas could craft something of such deep emotional complexity will never cease to amaze me.Alec B Super Reviewer
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Oct 15, 2015Proof that George Lucas can direct a great movie that isn't Star Wars or a Sci-Fi flick.Kameron W Super Reviewer
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Oct 06, 2013My favorite George Lucas film, "American Graffiti" nails youthful nostalgia almost perfectly, with believably charming, yet confused characters, an incredible, almost omnipresent soundtrack, and great car-based visuals which are trance-inducing as well as useful in placing audiences firmly within the strangely familiar world of teenagers in 1962.Sam B Super Reviewer
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Aug 12, 2013In 'American Graffiti,' George Lucas effectively captures teenage life before the Vietnam War came about. His episodic approach lends the film a sort of Altman-esque vibe that makes the misadventures of each character feel as genuine as they do. Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Le Mat and Charles Martin Smith are formidable in their roles and their performances make the ending feel that much more authentic.Stephen E Super Reviewer
American Graffiti Quotes
| Debbie: | Besides, it only took me one night to realize if brains were dynamite you couldn't blow your nose. |
| Carol: | Your car is uglier than I am. That didn't come out right. |
| Curt Henderson: | I'm telling you this was the most perfect, dazzling creature I've ever seen! |
| Steve Bolander: | She's gone. Forget it. |
| Curt Henderson: | She spoke to me, she spoke to me right through the window. I think she said I love you...That means nothing to you people?...You have no romance, no soul?...Someone wants me. Someone roaming the streets wants me...Will you turn the corner? |
| Curt Henderson: | She spoke to me, she spoke to me right through the window. I think she said I love you. That means nothing to you people? You have no romance, no soul? Someone wants me. Someone roaming the streets wants me. Will you turn the corner? |
| Steve Bolander: | Do you want to end up like John? You just can't stay 17 forever! |
| Steve Bolander: | You wanna end up like John? You just can't stay seventeen forever. |
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