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By Tom B (1,265) on 06 Dec 2007

Really well written, forgotten gem of a movie…

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By Ross M (648) on 21 Sep 2007

Brilliant film capturing the social decay of Carter's America in the motor industry post vietnam…

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By Brett W (781) on 19 Sep 2007

Works really well as a drama. Not a comedy as you might expect…

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By Amanda H (1,679) on 06 Sep 2007

Why doesn't this film get more recognition? It may be one of the best films of the 70s…

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By Private U (13,627) on 03 Sep 2007

Richard Pryor in a very serious role. Gritty and kick ass…

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By Brett S (430) on 29 Aug 2007

I had great hopes when I saw the names PRYOR, KEITEL and SCHRADER. Blue Collar isn't a bad film, but it isn't anything special either…

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By Hindénbörg E (84) on 19 Aug 2007

One of the few films ever to accurately portray the life of the working schlepp.Schrader always writes a helluva angry loner flick…

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By Ben K (485) on 28 Jul 2007

One of the lost germ's of the 1970's Richard Pryor was never better than he was here. A politcal movie that's also brutally funny…

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By Steve B (1,343) on 02 Jul 2007

Superb drama looking at the American Dream and how to go about getting it…

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By Martin D (1,305) on 30 Jun 2007

Very powerful movie exploring the increasingly complex relationships between three down on their luck factory workers when they rob their union…

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By Vivieno C (4) on 06 Jun 2007

One of my fav's! Richard Pryor's best performance ever! Unfortunatly the movie also has the worst ending ever…

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By Paul N (1,195) on 29 May 2007

Richard Pryor sould have received an Oscar nomination for this semi dramatic role…

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By Cole T (35) on 02 Mar 2007

Can relate to this movie with all the union problems, and trying to live as a blue collar man, great performance by Pryor…

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By Christopher B (2,528) on 01 Mar 2007

Paul Schrader's amazing debut starts out like a buddy comedy and turns into one of the most brutal films about the working class I've ever…

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By Dave H (814) on 04 Oct 2006

Be nice if they would put this out again, very good flick. It's worth watching just for the IRS scene with Richie…

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By Wild Willie N (184) on 07 Mar 2006

Pryor's BEST!! And one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. GREAT CAST…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 24 Jan 2004

Although the film does not tell us how to break out of the plantations we know too well, it does give us a vivid sense of the problems and…

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By David Ansen (1,073) for Newsweek (1,534) on 30 Nov 2003

Pryor has a lot of funny moments in Blue Collar, especially in the first half or so, when the movie tends toward angry comedy…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 11 Oct 1999

It is an angry, radical movie about the vise that traps workers between big industry and big labor…

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By Sergio (10) for IndieWire (3,631) on 08 Sep 1999

Pryor’s best film and his best performance and that’s not taking anything anyway from his co-stars Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto…

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