High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
The Last Picture Show has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Last Picture Show was released in 1971 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 593 reviews, giving The Last Picture Show (1971) an average rating of 84%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 91%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 87%.
With a score of 84%, The Last Picture Show is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1971, which stands at 59%.
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