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Deer Hunter, The (1978) Rank 5 Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Michael Cimino's "The Deer Hunter" is a three-hour movie in three major movements. It is a progression from a wedding to a funeral. It is the story of a group of friends. It is the record ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
It is clearly shown that even these close friends couldn't save each other from the tragic events of the war. ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Movie Reviews UK
An emotionally charged, detailed saga of friendship and the damage wrought by Vietnam, The Deer Hunter stands alongside the very best examples of this genre. In the small Pennsylvanian town of Clairton, a steelworks that looms tall dominates the skyline. ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Movie Reviews UK
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Director Michael Cimino's epic look at how the Vietnam War affected a small Pennsylvania steel community was a huge hit at the box office and garnered several awards, including a Best Picture Oscar. Though its emotional power is undeniable, the film has ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Steven (John Savage), just before the boys go to Vietnam, does the honorable thing to do and gets married to his pregnant girlfriend Angela (Rutanya Alda), telling himself that he loves her and can't leave her in this embarrassing predicament while he ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Dragan Antulov
The plot of the film is based on the screenplay by Cimino and Derek Washburn. It begins some time in early 1970s in Clayrton, small industrial town in Western Pennsylvania, populated mostly by descendants of Russian immigrants. We follow group of young ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Dragan Antulov
Variety (Staff (Not Credited))
Among the considerable achievements of Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter is the fact that the film remains intense, powerful and fascinating for more than three hours. ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Variety (Staff (Not Credited))
TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))
Brutally memorable, The Deer Hunter is an emotionally draining production that draws a vivid portrait of its characters and their milieu--and succeeds in showing the devastating effect of the war on their lives, as well as their brave attempts at renewal. ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at TV Guide (Staff (Not Credited))
The New York Times (Vincent Canby)
A big, awkward, crazily ambitious, sometimes breathtaking motion picture that comes as close to being a popular epic as any movie about this country since "The ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at The New York Times (Vincent Canby)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Winner of Best Picture of 1978, The Deer Hunter was the first major release to deal with the troubling issue of Vietnam head on, with an often unflinching portrayal of the horrors of the war, as well as how it virtually decimated entire communities back h ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Films on Disc (Stuart J. Kobak)
The Deer Hunter is a genuine American blue collar epic. At the same time anti-war, it celebrates America with astounding clarity. Perhaps it is more difficult to understand the vision of The Deer Hunter without having lived through the confused Vietnam ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Films on Disc (Stuart J. Kobak)
New York Times (Vincent Canby)
Its feelings for time, place and blue-collar people are genuine, and its vision is that of an original, major new film maker. ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at New York Times (Vincent Canby)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Brutally memorable. ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
eFilmCritic
The Deer Hunter is overlong, clocking in at about three hours, and it's not really a realistic portrait of Vietnam, but it's weirdly entertaining nonetheless. I don't think this review has really done it justice, but I can't put it any better. ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at eFilmCritic
Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
A visceral film that says volumes about the horrors of war and its impact on the lives of typically well adjusted people. ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
The Vietnam War wrought havoc on millions of lives in a way that may never understand. The war was the personal calamity of the generation called upon to fight it. In the jungles of that ravaged country, they were the ones who faced the terrible choices. ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
Although we have been unkind to Michael Cimino over the years, we have to admit that The Deer Hunter is a fine work of art and a truly moving film. The letterboxing has an aspect ratio of about 2.3:1, adding more picture information to the sides than on ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
While the results are far from unprofessional--the cast is uniformly good, including a characteristically slapped-around Meryl Streep...The male self-pity is so overwhelming that you'll probably stagger out of this mumbling something about Tolstoy (as ...read the complete Deer Hunter movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
User Reviews
by GForcum "forgm" on November 16, 2009
A classic with many stars. Paints a picture of survival after the war and is a real eye opener. ...
by Alastair N. Mcleo... on October 07, 2009
I watched Michael Cimino's The Deerhunter again recently, some thirty years after I first saw it. It remains a remarkable film, a piece of powerful story-telling, a coming-together of fine actors and fine acting, engrossing scene-setting, careful ...
by D. S. Thurlow on October 02, 2009
1979's Gut-wrenching ...
by Matthew G. Sherwi... on August 07, 2009
I watched The Deer Hunter last night and I was absolutely mesmerized. Everything is so well done that I couldn't keep my eyes off the television screen. The acting and casting couldn't have been better; the choreography is excellent and the ...
by Robert P. Beverid... on June 28, 2009
The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
In Final Cut, the documentary about the spectacular failure that was Heaven's Gate, at least one person hypothesized that the reason Heaven's Gate was the flop that it was was that critics were overreacting, ...
by W. S. Mohn on June 13, 2009
Classic movie. A little long. A little far fetched for this Viet Nam vet. Great acting. ...
by L. Bishop on May 13, 2009
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. The tension and acting and message are ...
by Dexter Manning / ... on January 29, 2009
THE ...
by Robert D. Ponsonb... on December 15, 2008
this is the twin of "once upon a time in america" a soul moving epic of the kind of "webs we weave"don"t miss these two ...
by JESSICA'S DAD "Pa... on November 06, 2008
The Deer Hunter
A close-knit group of American mill - workers are suddenly thrust into war, a war about which none of them knew much about till they arrived. Their awakening is a rude one. The best of director Michael Cimino's much varied out-put was ...
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