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Easy Rider
Columbia Pictures

Easy Rider reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 86 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.6 out of 10
based on 7 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R

Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Antonio Mendoza, and Phil Spector

An alcoholic attorney (Nicholson) hooks up with two part-time, drug-dealing motorcyclists (Fonda and Hopper) in search of their "American Dream." Heading from California to New Orleans, they sample the highs and lows of America the beautiful in a stoned-out quest for life's true meaning. (Sony Pictures)


GENRE(S): Adventure  |  Classic  |  Crime  |  Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Dennis Hopper
Peter Fonda
Terry Southern
 
DIRECTED BY: Dennis Hopper  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: June 4, 2002 
Theatrical: July 14, 1969 
RUNNING TIME: 94 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

Oscar nominations for Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Writing - Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced. Golden Globe nomination for Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson).

What The Critics Said

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100
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Fonda and Hopper’s now-classic film hit the old guard with the force of a rifle shot to the head. [Review of re-release]
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100
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Someday it was inevitable that a great film would come along, utilizing the motorcycle genre, the same way the great Westerns suddenly made everyone realize they were a legitimate American art form, Easy Rider is the picture.
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100
TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)
A finely observed film but insufficiently developed as a satire of middle America. [Review of re-release]
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90
Variety Gene Moskowitz
Fonda himself has given this a fine production dress, with associate Bert Schneider, and the brilliant lensing, excellent music background ballads, especially Bob Dylan's "Easy Rider," are fine counterpoints to this poetic trip along Southwest America.
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90
Time Staff (Not Credited)
The film has refurbished the classic romantic gospel of the outcast wanderer.
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70
The New York Times Vincent Canby
With the exception of Nicholson, its good things are familiar things - the rock score, the lovely, sometimes impressionistic photography by Laszlo Kovacs, the faces of small-town America.
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70
Chicago Reader Dave Kehr
The film may be a relic now, but it is a fascinating souvenir - particularly in its narcissism and fatalism - of how the hippie movement thought of itself. [Review of re-release]
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Kyle gave it a9:
Most important film of the 60s.

Tony B. gave it a1:
Overrated claptrap in 1969 and virtually unwatchable now.

Buzz C. gave it a10:
Strange. But very cool!

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