Midnight Cowboy

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Summary: Blah
Review: Vastly overrated gunk fails to stand the test of time due to pretentious "look at me, Ma, no hands" direction. The party sequence is so embarrassing it's almost hard to watch. Will today's music-video style films looks as visually silly and dated 30 years from now? If Midnight Cowboy is any indication, the answer is YES! Yeah, yeah, great performances, sure, but they do not support the lackluster script and bohemian direction.

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Summary: Seedy Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid
Review: Newman and Redford, Voigt and Hoffman are not; this movie is sort of a twisted buddy movie. For some bizarre reason one begins to identify with Joe Buck and Ratso's saga. There is a sense of relief when the two are seen riding to Florida on the bus--even though Buck has murdered someone to realize Ratso's dream. The title song is still DYNOMITE!

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Summary: My favorite movie...
Review: What really amazes me about this movie is that people who haven't read the book understand it and think it's great.I understand the flashback scenes-but how do they? Anyway-the movie is about loneliness and friendship and loyalty-and that shines through-even though the main characters are an un-successful male hooker and a very small time hustler...also a great period piece-underground N.Y.in the sixties...

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Summary: A Look back in time. A LEGEND!!!!!
Review: Midnight Cowboy brought back alot of memories of the 60's. Everytime I watch it,it brings back my images of that time of my life. An excellant movie.

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Summary: One of the great classics
Review: I just saw this movie for the first time because of its inclusion on the AFI 100 Greatest list. I have no regrets. I was a Dustin Hoffman man before seeing this movie and have a deeper respect for his ability to act afterwards.

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Summary: Among the most overrated movies ever made
Review: A movie that pretends to be smarter and deeper than it actually is, and therefore a film to which a lot of would be sophisticates pay homage. Pure trash...

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Summary: Bravo
Review: Midnight Cowboy was one of the first films to be honest with it viewer on life, it never turns out the way you think it will.

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Summary: A classic.........
Review: One of the best Hoffman classics.Me and my family enjoyed this movie a lot.....

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Summary: Changes Your Perspective Of New York Greatly!
Review: I saw this film when it was released in the city. I recall back then, I was used to watching films with relatively an iota of exposure compared to this gut-twisting drama. This motion picture displayed New York at its grittiest. The drama of Jon Voight coming to New York to be a male stud and bonding an unforgettable friendship with Dustin Hoffman is still an eye-opener after thirty years for me. I had lived in New York for about twenty years prior to the shooting of this film and thought I really knew my way around it; at least I thought . It is a drama of unforgettable proportions, especially if seen today in its full-screen glory.

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Summary: A masterpiece
Review: Most likely being one of the best films ever made, "Midnight Cowboy" is an incredibly original and savagely honest film that takes a look at the big dreams people hold for themselves, and the cold, brutal realities behind them. The performances given by the two lead actors, Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman are absolutely brilliant. Voight`s character, Joe Buck, is a young and naive Texas man who flees to New York City, dreaming of becoming a big-shot huslter. Hoffman plays an ailing and sleazy con-man name Ratso Rizzo, who meets Joe along the way. Together, the two slowly witness their lives falling apart, as the brutal urban jungle robs them of food, money, diginity and ultimately hope. The film`s depiction of the street life in the sixties is accurate, and we watch the two drifters`s struggle for survival, and wandering around the seedy undergrounds of the city. But what Joe and Ratso realise is that what they really need is each other, and the two lean on each for support. Sadly enough, by the time they reach their dream destination, it is too late. The ending of the film is heart-shattering, and it will leave you crushed and emotionally-drained. A truly powerful, exceptional and haunting treasure.