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Apocalypse Now (1979)

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All Time

of 190,179

108

1970's

of 10,575

19

1979

of 3,575

3
Adventure
- Adventure All Time
  
  of 4,422
  
  28
  
  Adventure of 1979
  
  of 38
  
  1
  
  Adventure of the 1970's
  
  of 312
  
  4
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 38,020
  
  70
  
  Drama of 1979
  
  of 170
  
  2
  
  Drama of the 1970's
  
  of 1,855
  
  13
War
- War All Time
  
  of 2,149
  
  9
  
  War of 1979
  
  of 12
  
  1
  
  War of the 1970's
  
  of 90
  
  1

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Apocalypse Now (1979) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.4773

Avg Critic Score:3.3478

Apocalypse Now (1979) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

More than ever it is clear that Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" is one of the great films of all time. It shames modern Hollywood's timidity. ...read the complete Apocalypse Now movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

I have been very vocal about my stand regarding special editions of classic films. I don't like them. ...read the complete Apocalypse Now movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

In the grand tradition of movies that explore the reality that is the Vietnam War, one film stands out -- for defying reality. ...read the complete Apocalypse Now movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

This sorry-ass movie year finally coughs up a masterpiece - Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now - and it turns out the damn thing was first released in 1979. ...read the complete Apocalypse Now movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

One ghostly sequence, a plantation scene that was added, acts as an attempt to bring a sense of poetry to this action film. ...read the complete Apocalypse Now movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)

Like the title of Joseph Conrad's novella that inspired it, Francis Ford Coppola's magnificent 1979 film "Apocalypse Now" is about darkness — the bleakness within the soul of a man crazed by war; the inky depths of a Cambodian river over which a lit-up...read the complete Apocalypse Now (1979) review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)

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The Phantom Tollbooth

t's amazing to realize that, within the span of a decade, Francis Ford Coppola directed three of the greatest American films of the 20th century: Godfather I and II and Apocalypse Now. While you could have long arguments about which movie is the best,...read the complete Apocalypse Now (1979) review at The Phantom Tollbooth

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RaEL Film Guide

I didn't get the full impact of Apocalypse Now when I saw it at the Hollywood screenings in 1979. I had been angry at Francis Ford Coppola because I thought he was trying to hog all the press. Then I took a bunch of people to see it at the Cinerama Dome...read the complete Apocalypse Now (1979) review at RaEL Film Guide

See all (2) "Fair" Reviews

MovieWeb (B. Alan Orange)

My last mission got turned ass-backwards. Every last word and syllable was deemed a failure; one shining case of "me." Trying "not" to talk about it backfired like a bullet against a cashier's window at a titty-bar, right into the abdomen....read the complete Apocalypse Now (1979) review at MovieWeb (B. Alan Orange)

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