Review of The Devil's Playground (1977) by Irvin C — 19 Sep 2007

This is the best study of sexuality I've ever seen in a 1970's Australian movie, then again there was "Picnic at Hanging Rock".

This review of The Devil's Playground (1977) was written by Irvin C on 19 Sep 2007.

The Devil's Playground has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Devil's Playground

Review of The Devil's Playground (1977)

By Bruce Mccabe (78) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 26 Apr 2018

Playground is such a completely and thoroughly realized piece of cinema that almost every scene and sequence in it compels admiration…

Read Review

Review of The Devil's Playground (1977)

By Mike V (837) on 20 Mar 2015

It is about the world's largest cult,the Catholic church…

Read Review

Review of The Devil's Playground (1977)

By Greg W (4,011) on 19 Jun 2014

Takes a look at drama in a catholic boarding school…

Read Review

Review of The Devil's Playground (1977)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 31 Oct 2008

Everyone makes a terrific contribution as Schepisi peels away the surface to reveal a morass of personal demons…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Scent of a Woman (1992)

By Calhounite (13) on 13 Jan 2016

These arsholes who keep shouting keep your mouth shut in the face of crimes, no matter how trivial, need the same treatment as this movie -…

Read Review

Review of Evita (1996)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Jul 2007

In what I saw, Madonna in the title role tries bravely not to buckle under the weight of Stone and Parker's sense of Stalinist monumentality…

Read Review

Review of He Got Game (1998)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 14 Jan 2000

There's not a relationship in He Got Game that feels right, especially the one between Washington and Allen, and if that doesn't work, neither…

Read Review

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Ron Wells (162) for Film Threat (5,156) on 25 Jul 2013

I can't really remember the last time I saw a movie with this much biting satire and brilliance that was utterly excruciating half the time…

Read Review

Review of The Lion King (1994)

By Sander (1) on 30 Apr 2008

Fuck Disney. They RIPPED-OFF Kimba the white lion, without even giving any credit to Ozamu Tesuka, the creator…

Read Review

Review of Against the Ropes (2004)

By Bart & (242) on 09 Jan 2010

Bad film... Meg Ryan is always beautiful but this film is horrible…

Read Review

Review of Little Voice (1998)

By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 01 Apr 2015

As mean-spirited toward its working-class characters, especially its women, as it is profoundly unfunny…

Read Review

Review of Palermo Shooting (2008)

By Charles P (1,784) on 29 Mar 2011

You would think Dennis Hopper as the Personification of Death, in white-cake make-up wearing a cloak discarded from the Lord of The Rings shooting…

Read Review

Review of The Bastards (2008)

By Tit M (158) on 06 Jul 2011

Num período de 24 horas, o filme descreve a vida de Fausto e Jesus, dois trabalhadores mexicanos em Los Angeles…

Read Review

Review of Che: Part One (2008)

By Jasminej. (2) on 10 Jul 2006

I can't believe anyone would call this their favorite movie of all time. It was loud, obnoxious and pointless. Best movie of the year…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Devil's Playground

1977

68%5 Reviews

Requiem for a Dream

2000

82%999 Reviews

Scotland, PA

2001

63%180 Reviews

Kate & Leopold

2001

63%637 Reviews

Dom Hemingway

2013

55%272 Reviews

No Escape

2015

60%987 Reviews

Waist Deep

2006

62%346 Reviews

Venus

2006

72%605 Reviews

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

71%15 Reviews

Alex & Eve

2015

58%10 Reviews