El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.
El Topo has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of El Topo (1970)
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El Topo was released in 1970 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 553 reviews, giving El Topo (1970) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 73%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with El Topo than critics were.
With a score of 72%, El Topo is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1970, which stands at 60%.
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