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Summary: Intellectual film
Review: This film requires intelligence on the part of the viewer- life in the 1970's.
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Summary: Two Worlds Collide - Jack Nicholson At His Best
Review: This is a great classic lifestyle movie showing two very different lifestyles colliding. Jack Niclolson, of course, finds himself involved in these two very different lifestyles. The movie has some classic scenes including the famous scene in the diner with the waitress.
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Summary: Classic Nicolson Movie
Review: This is a must see for any Nicolson fan or a fan of good well written movies. This is movie is about a man who doesn't really wants to be a drifter, but wants to settle down, but wants to be a drifter. Watching this movie you see first hand someone who reaches out to be loved, but when they reach out towards him he runs away and leaves them in the dust. Jack Nicholson plays a gifted pianist who gave up his life of luxury to work on an oil field in the middle of nowhere. He is brought back to his hometown when he goes to visit his father who has taken ill. Their he must decide if he should continue to be a drifter or return to the life he had grown up hating.A+
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Summary: Fascinating Character Study!
Review: This is an honestly raw emotional experience. Jack Nicholson delivers a superb performance that ranks among his best, but this performance feels different, maybe because we see him at his most vulnerable. Karen Black is also great. Filled with many memorable dialogue, such as the 'chicken sandwich' scene. The scene where Nicholson speaks with his father is powerful and is one of the few moments when Nicholson really shows us his range as an actor. A landmark movie of the 70's. Superb performances, fascinating characters, great story and some funny moments. From a scale of 1-10 I give this film an 8!
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Summary: SIMPLE AND COMPLEX AT THE SAME TIME. GREAT FILM!
Review: This is one of my favorite films. A depiction of the two conflicting lifestyles of one man is what "Five Easy Pieces" depicts. Bobby Dupea's downfaults have led him to a less rewarding life than what he could have potentially had. This is exposed even in the two main female interests of Bobby Dupea in the film. His girlfriend Rayette ; a loving yet simple Tammy Wynette-singing country waitress that he cheats on unjustly. Then there is Catherine; a sophisticated , intelligent , classically trained musician. Catherine is a partial reflection of what his life could have been and in the end of the film he is caught between returning to his ho-hum red neck life that he currently leads to returning to and embrassing a richer life he should have had with a much more sophisticated woman that he sincerely loves.
There are classic moments in this film that I don't really need to go over because we already know them but for me the film becomes more intriguing when he finally arrives at the island to visit his ill father and encounters Catherine.
I like to believe that at the very end of the film that he is returning back to the island to win Catherine and start a new life with her but , knowing the character of Bobby Dupea , he's probably running away from his current life to a completely new and uncertain one and that is the tragedy of Bobby Dupea; he is running away....again. Where he is going we don't truely know. We can only assume.
This film is deceptively complex because of the dynamic humanistic detail thats shown of all the characters in this film and how they relate to one another. Great film! One of Jack Nicholson's best work and Karen Black is unforgettable as Rayette.....and its letterboxed too.
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Summary: Auspicious beginnings
Review: This is the best work (or as good a job as) Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, director Bob Rafelson, and writer Carol Eastman have ever done. Instead of seeming dated, it now just seems more universal than ever. Highest recommendation.
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Summary: One of the best
Review: This movie depicts the death of the American Dream without pulling any punches. I need not say anymore. The scene where Nicholson orders toast with his breakfast in the roadside diner has become a classic showdown of Conformity v. Anti-Conformity
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Summary: Well-acted Garbage
Review: This movie reminds me of the book "Catcher in the Rye", which I also despise. As some of the other reviewers have stated, this movie is a "character study". It's a character study of a loudmouthed, belligerent, bullying lout. If you believe that going through life as a belligerent, bullying lout makes you a fascinating and sympathetic person, then you will like this video. Supposedly the Nicholson character is a terribly sensitive, intellectual and artistic person who is out of step with this cruel and insensitive world. Well OF COURSE he's out of step: he treats everyone else like dirt, and in return receives the respect and consideration he deserves. One particular scene in the movie has become legendary, and it's typical of the entire film. It's a scene of Nicholson's vicious verbal assault on a waitress who can't serve him a piece of toast because toast is not on the menu. I'm sure that thousands of waitresses just loved that scene, reminding them of some of the worst and rudest slobs they have to deal with every day. There's nothing wrong with a world which excludes punks like the Nicholson character, and there's nothing wrong with a viewer who dislikes this movie.
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Summary: Still Nicholson's best performance...
Review: This was Nicholson's first "angry young man" role (you can't count "Easy Rider" because he really just played a nerd) and it's evident that he'd found his niche for almost every other role he's played. He's a natural. His performance is layered with angst, passion, soft- sensitivity, self-doubt, and a cross-section of just about every other emotion imaginable. This was his first starring role, and it's no wonder his career took off with such a formidable foundation. Supported by Karen Black (too bad she's never had as good a role since), Susan Anspach and the wonderful Lois Smith, the entire ensemble provides a thought-provoking study of a potentially rewarding life wrought with bad choices. This is very much of a character-driven film, and Bob Rafelson gives the actors free reign, a wise decision. The DVD is of excellent quality considering the low price. "Five Easy Pieces" set a major standard for many films of the 70's (and most of Nicholsons's (Last Detail, Cuckoo's Nest). From the standpoint of its historical value, the film is most instructive. It's also immensely entertaining. Don't miss it!!
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Summary: Very Overrated
Review: This wasn't very good. It wasn't very interesting. There was no real merit or redeeming quality to any of the characters. It wasn't an awful movie, but it leaves you wondering why anybody would ever bother making it. Nothing really stands out as singular or intriguing.
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