Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969) by Forrest K — 09 Jul 2011
Not the first and certainly not the last story of a wide-eyed innocent moving to the Big City only to find out The Dream is a sham, but Midnight Cowboy is a classic regardless. What really makes the film is Voight and Hoffman's chemistry together, a love/hate relationship that propels this meandering film through the dark urban reality of late 60's NYC.
Its momentum is often halted for a number of aimless flashbacks and dream sequences which try to provide insight into Voight's character, not realizing that everything we need to know is right there in Voight's performance, and that the real main character here is the city and its desperate, dirty citizens.
Still, Midnight Cowboy is a landmark film, and if its X-rated (now justifiably re-rated as an R) view of the world doesn't seem quite so shocking today, perhaps it's just all the more relevant.
This review of Midnight Cowboy (1969) was written by Forrest K on 09 Jul 2011.
Midnight Cowboy has generally received very positive reviews.
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