[A] simplistic amalgam of travelogue and the zoom lens.
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01/26/06
Easy Rider (1969)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 31 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 8.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis: A landmark in film history, EASY RIDER blew the studio doors open for more young directors than any film before or since, helping to create the wide-open climate that would lead to the production of many outstanding films in the 1970s. As its director, Dennis Hopper is usually given the lion's... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Phil Spector
Director: Dennis Hopper
Screenwriter: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
Producer: Peter Fonda
Screenwriter: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
Producer: Peter Fonda
Reviews
Top Critic
The little road movie of hippie bikers was an odyssey for the era of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, of Vietnam and protest marches, of idealism and cynicism...
01/01/08
None of the forced violence, lawlessness, rapist, gratuitous speed aspects of the motorbike clan in this perceptive film.
06/26/07
Top Critic
Slack but powerful, sentimental yet scathing, experimental but predictable.
06/26/07
Top Critic
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.
06/26/07
Hopper's seminal road film proved that critical movies of mainstream society could achieve both artistic cache and commercial success.
06/21/06
I don't think I'll watch EASY RIDER again, but it's a well-made piece for sure.
09/16/05
On the outside this small film was an easy going tale of drug dealing motorhead joint-token fringe hippies rollin' down the highways...
10/13/04
On the outside this small film was an easy going tale of drug dealing motorhead joint-token fringe hippies rollin' down the highways...
10/13/04
the fact that, 35 years after the film’s release, audiences around the world are still captivated by the raw vision of Easy Rider is no small accomplishment
10/08/04
Milestone 1960s counterculture classic...One of the most successful low-budget movies ever made.
06/25/04
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