Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969) by Mahmus — 25 Sep 2020

This a feel-bad movie. Don't watch it if you're looking for any kind of positive emotions, because there are none in this movie. It's constant sadness, suffering and hopelessness, and it's only made bearable by Joe Buck's naive optimism, which also kinda makes it hurt even more.

It's also a must-watch. Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman give truly magnificent performances and the film goes into unexpect psychedelic places. Hoffman's peformance in particular as a sick man who's condition slowly deteriorates over the course of the movie is so believable that I felt like I got a fever just from watching him.