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Badlands (1973)

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All Time

of 190,142

219

1970's

of 10,575

31

1973

of 3,260

6
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,077
  
  44
  
  Crime of 1973
  
  of 59
  
  3
  
  Crime of the 1970's
  
  of 444
  
  13
Mystery
- Mystery All Time
  
  of 3,090
  
  17
  
  Mystery of 1973
  
  of 17
  
  1
  
  Mystery of the 1970's
  
  of 166
  
  3
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,011
  
  53
  
  Thriller of 1973
  
  of 57
  
  2
  
  Thriller of the 1970's
  
  of 462
  
  13

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Badlands (1973) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.2672

Avg Critic Score:3.1277

Badlands (1973) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

They meet for the first time when she is in her front yard practicing baton-twirling. He has just walked off his job on a garbage truck. ...read the complete Badlands movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Terrence Malick introduced his odd yet highly compelling filmmaking style in this 1973 feature, inspired by the long murder spree of Charles Starkweather (here Kit Carruthers, played by Martin Sheen). ...read the complete Badlands movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

"A groundbreaking seminal folk tale about aimless youths." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Terence Malick's debut as a filmmaker is a smashing success as he creates a groundbreaking seminal folk tale about aimless youths. ...read the complete Badlands movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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ToxicUniverse.com (Mike Bracken)

At any rate, Badlands is a solidly constructed film that�s aged rather well over the last 25 years. Spacek and...read the complete Badlands (1973) review at ToxicUniverse.com (Mike Bracken)

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San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)

WHEN TERRENCE Malick's first film, "Badlands," came out in 1973 many critics lauded the effort. Although the plot, based on a true story about a killing spree of a young couple, had been done many times - "Thieves Like Us" and "The Sugarland Express,"...read the complete Badlands (1973) review at San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)

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Senses of Cinema (Adrian Danks)

Badlands (1973) is undoubtedly one of the great first films of the cinema, and it is also one of the most influential works of the early 1970s, a golden period of American filmmaking. It documents a short killing spree carried out by a young couple,...read the complete Badlands (1973) review at Senses of Cinema (Adrian Danks)

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