Review of Getting Straight (1970) by Nathan Rabin for The A.V. Club — 06 Feb 2014
Rush undercuts the subgenre's innate didacticism with a light touch and a playful, assured visual style; he never lets audiences forget there's a surplus of authorial intelligence behind the camera. Gould is in a unique position to see the weaknesses of the stodgy academic establishment and the confused counterculture alike, but as it enters its third act, the film grows less ambiguous and more heavy-handed.
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This review of Getting Straight (1970) was written by Nathan Rabin and published by The A.V. Club on 06 Feb 2014.
Getting Straight has generally received mixed reviews.
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