Review of They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 19 Oct 1997
The acting is strident and overblown, the narrative technique gimmicky and obvious, and the implication that the competitors' situation is a microcosm of a wider-reaching American malaise (though safely distanced by the period and the flash-back-and-forth narrative technique) rather pretentious.
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This review of They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 19 Oct 1997.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? has generally received very positive reviews.
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