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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 27 Feb 2001

It remains just as humane, just as moving, just as darkly humorous, just as revelatory as it was when it won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best…

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By Dan Jardine (362) for Apollo Guide (1,430) on 01 Jan 2000

Hoffman gives a performance as 'Ratzo' Rizzo that stands as the finest in an extraordinary career…

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By Vincent Canby (762) for The New York Times (9,847) on 26 Apr 1999

Midnight Cowboy often seems to be exploiting its material for sensational or comic effect, but it is ultimately a moving experience that captures…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 21 Dec 1995

All of these criticisms exist entirely apart from the performances of Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 19 Nov 1994

This multi-Oscar-winner nails its characters, time period, and locale so perfectly that it becomes even more compelling as time goes by…

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By Derek Malcolm (772) for The Guardian (2,969) on 13 Jun 1990

This is really Schlesinger's achievement. He has caught on film a slice of America as well, if not better, than one had any right to expect…

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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 06 Dec 1985

A great picture, 113 minutes of stirring stuff, set to the ironic lilt of Jean Toots Thielemans's harmonica and Harry Nilsson's theme tune,…

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By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 14 Nov 1983

There is no question that this film is flawed by the inclusion of the party scene and Ratzo's dream, but I cannot recall a more marvelous pair…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Apr 1983

The acting, showy and instinctual, is most of the movie; the visual style is too forced and chicly distended to let the drama acquire much…

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By Wanda Hale (8) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 29 Jul 1973

Whew…

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By Adam Smith (163) for Empire (3,446) on 19 Oct 1971

Superb performances and a compelling script have made this film a strange mix of Oscar-winner and Cult Classic…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for Village Voice (8,525) on 19 Apr 1971

The performances and presences of Voight and Hoffman are so extraordinarily affecting that their scenes together generate more emotional power…

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