Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969) by Sabrina S — 08 Jul 2008

Their friendship will haunt me. Dustin Hoffman at his best.

This review of Midnight Cowboy (1969) was written by Sabrina S on 08 Jul 2008.

Midnight Cowboy has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Midnight Cowboy

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Rahul K (45) on 05 Dec 2015

I expected more but it had some good bits…

Read Review

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Anthony S (1,574) on 03 Apr 2018

Iconic story of friendship amid the hustle and bustle of NYC. Hoffman is a weasel. And Voight is the naive cowboy. Great film…

Read Review

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Royalguy07 (396) on 26 Jan 2023

Seems impossible that this was made in 1969, besides some poorly aged dialogue the filmmaking and editing are so fresh and innovative…

Read Review

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Salim M (41) on 28 Oct 2016

Amazing movie - the cinematography is just exceptional and the director takes on many different styles- also amazing how the story has so many…

Read Review

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By The3Academysins (492) on 08 Nov 2018

Midnight Cowboy is both an interesting and excellent piece of film history…

Read Review

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Collin R (473) on 19 Mar 2017

Me hating this could be because this movie is so old, yet I doubt it, I love lots of movies from the 60s and 70s, yet I found the movie incredibly…

Read Review

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Alexis P (54) on 17 Jun 2018

The film that introduced to the world both Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight-although to be fair both had made films earlier and The Graduate is…

Read Review

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 15 Jul 2018

Along the same lines, don't tell me about how superbly a film provokes the bourgeoisie or portrays the bleakness of life unless it does so…

Read Review

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Reece L (510) on 08 Jan 2016

Midnight Cowboy is filthy, though not in the way the X rating would suggest…

Read Review

Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Hunter E (50) on 21 Dec 2018

A fantastic movie that really solidified the excellence of Dustin Hoffman. Even if you don't care for the story…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)

By Samantha B (283) on 25 Mar 2015

An unlikeable protagonist, paced as if by a metronome, a confusing ending....The picture just doesn't work…

Read Review

Review of Broken Sky (2006)

By Joey H (370) on 30 Dec 2007

The guys were cute bu the movie was just about hooking up, having sex, and no one hardly talked in the movie it was a waist of time…

Read Review

Review of Elmer Gantry (1960)

By Jeff B (2,998) on 29 Jan 2011

Lancaster is breathtaking in the breadth of his charismatic creepiness in one of his countless great films about the rise and fall of a an…

Read Review

Review of Jackson County Jail (1976)

By Spookie M (418) on 13 Jan 2011

Very dated now but interesting when first released. Some wildly varied acting.....depressing plotline...good performances by the two leads…

Read Review

Review of Queen of Underworld (1991)

By Ws W (1,791) on 13 Oct 2013

Biopics prevailed in the HK Cinema in the early 1990s. Unfortunately few of them was well made…

Read Review

Review of Wood Job! (2014)

By Pája J (5) on 23 Dec 2016

Fine comedy with an interesting look into Japanese life and culture…

Read Review

Review of The Slaughter Rule (2002)

By Jameson W (373) on 08 Oct 2011

Washed-out, humdrum sports flick which even young Gosling cannot rescue. I didn't stick around for the outcome but I could smell it coming a mile off…

Read Review

Review of The Funeral (1996)

By Paul D (6,077) on 03 Feb 2012

This is an ok gangster film, but won't be for everyone. It plods along rather than at a free flowing pace even with a good array of names…

Read Review

Review of Super Fly (1972)

By Thomas K (624) on 12 Apr 2014

Despite the awesome soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield this very well could be one of the worst films ever made…

Read Review

Review of Flirting (1991)

By Matt G (2,017) on 12 Nov 2008

Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero). First viewing: 21.01.2003…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

64%48 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews