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Shooting, The (1967) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Shooting, The (1967) a score of 3.1960 out of 4

based on (5) reviews

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The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps)

Long neglected thanks to the general unavailability of his films, the 1999 video release of Monte Hellman's lost road-movie classic Two-Lane Blacktop created a minor surge of interest in one of the best directors never to ascend to A-level filmmaking. ...read the complete Shooting movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Keith Phipps)

Apollo Guide (Ed Gonzalez)

The film's ending is a favorite amongst cultists and it acts as the paradigm of Camus' thinking: stoic, but humane, and advocating nature over violence. ...read the complete Shooting movie review at Apollo Guide (Ed Gonzalez)

AudioVideoRevolution.com DVD review

Despite being made one after the other, being directed by Hellman, and sharing some of the cast (Nicholson's in both of them) and all of the crew, the two films are very different. ...read the complete Shooting movie review at AudioVideoRevolution.com DVD review

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

If there ever was an existential Western, this one is it. It was written by Adrien Joyce and produced by two of Roger Corman's proteges, Jack Nicholson, in a starring role, and Monte Hellman, in the role of director. ...read the complete Shooting movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Slant Magazine

Director Monte Hellman has named Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus as two of his biggest philosophical influences, so it's no surprise that the characters from his seminal The Shooting follow relentlessly existential paths. ...read the complete Shooting movie review at Slant Magazine

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