It's a haunting, nightmarish vision.
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01/26/06
Deliverance (1972)
94 %
Reviews Counted: 48 Fresh: 45 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 8.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Synopsis: Director John Boorman's harrowing adaptation of James Dickey's best-selling novel is a nightmarish descent into backwoods Americana. When four unsuspecting urbanites head into the mountains of northern Georgia for a weekend canoe trip, they have no idea what's in store for them. The... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Ed O'Neill
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Top Critic
There's real substance in themes, performances and John Boorman's superb direction.
01/01/00
Top Critic
As coffin nails for the sixties go, this negation of all ideological idealism is a pretty final one.
11/30/07
No movie in the history of American cinema has struck fear in the hearts of men as Deliverance.
09/24/07
John Boorman's 1972 film of the James Dickey novel has a beautiful visual style that balances the film's machismo message.
09/18/07
It's the stuff of which slapdash oaters and crime programmers are made but the obvious ambitions of Deliverance are supposed to be on a higher plane.
09/18/07
Top Critic
Highlight of New American Cinema, this ultra-violent powerful adventure offers some serious, metaphysical issues of survival and civilization vs. wilderness. Boasting eerie images and awesome sounds, the film is credited with making Burt Reynolds a star
09/16/07
At the risk of sounding glib, Deliverance delivers the goods, in the very best sense.
09/06/07
This man-versus-nature story is also about man indulging his most uncivilized instincts, and in their various ways the four men on the canoe trip are transformed.
08/27/07
This unnerving outdoor adventure still ranks as the best film of Burt Reynolds' up and down career. And you'll never forget what happens to Ned Beatty.
10/09/05
Boy's adventure story with adult incidents that's a near masterpiece.
07/31/05
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