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Movie Overview
Cast
• Dustin Hoffman
• Susan George
• Peter Vaughan
Director
• Sam Peckinpah
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Straw Dogs (1971)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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3.5/4
"...Hoffman delivers a stunning, unforgettable performance."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

A-
"Gory and shocking."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

4/4
"A great and troubling masterpiece, a film of such simultaneous depth and crudeness that it has elicited some of the most conflicting responses of his or any other filmmaker’s career."  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

5/5
"Sam Peckinpah doesn't find anything to cheer about when his Man expresses his rage."  ToxicUniverse.com  Jeremiah Kipp

4/4
"Straw Dogs serves as the director’s blistering treatise on man’s inherent animalistic impulses."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

"It is a dilemmatic circumstance, as the discrimination that founds the conflict between David and the townsmen may occur between the viewer and the film, in result of its final act."  Not Coming to a Theater Near You  Rumsey Taylor

4/4
"A glimpse into the hell of our secret selves."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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