A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
Wise Blood has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Wise Blood (1979)
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Wise Blood was released in 1979 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 104 reviews, giving Wise Blood (1979) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 64%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Wise Blood than critics were.
With a score of 73%, Wise Blood is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1979, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1979 with similar scores include films like The Champ and The Wanderers.
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