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Eraserhead (1977) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Eraserhead (1977) a score of 3.1594 out of 4
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Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Bill Gibron)PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
Are you ready to celebrate the virgin birth by commercializing the Holy Hell out of its commemorative holiday? When you're standing in line for jolly old Saint Nick, hoping he can calm your kids for just a moment, maybe you should push aside those ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
Is it a nightmare or an actual view of a post-apocalyptic world? Set in an industrial town in which giant machines are constantly working, spewing smoke, and making noise that is inescapable, Henry Spencer lives in a building that, like all the others, ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Edinburgh U Film Society (Iain Harral)Edinburgh U Film Society (Iain Harral)
Don't try and follow the story too closely, there probably isn't a coherent one there in the first place. However; this doesn't stop David Lynch's first feature film being an extraordinarily compelling perverse treat. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Iain Harral)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for I Viddied it on the Screen (Alex Jackson)I Viddied it on the Screen (Alex Jackson)
Last March Salon.com Art and Entertainment editor Andrew O'Hehir offered the possibly brilliant theory that "all arty, indie-type films made in the last 15 years or so in America and Western Europe fall into one of two categories: Jim Jarmusch or David ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at I Viddied it on the Screen (Alex Jackson)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Cinepassion.orgCinepassion.org
A science-class project, genuinely underground: the ether on which it floats fixates, repulses, ravishes. David Lynch never explains because he doesn't need to, his is the faith of the irrational, disconcertingly childlike in its illusionism -- Jack ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Cinepassion.org
 
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Eraserhead (1977) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Eraserhead (1977) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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