Review of The Deer Hunter (1978) by Davec. — 23 Sep 2005
Plodding, laborious and pretentious. It supposedly gave Heaven's Gate a high standard to live up to and while I would never rate the Deer Hunter as low as that five hours of agony, I fail to see what this film did to convince producers that Cimino could be trusted with $40 million.
It does however deserve four points for a typically superb performance from De Niro.
This review of The Deer Hunter (1978) was written by Davec. on 23 Sep 2005.
The Deer Hunter has generally received very positive reviews.
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