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High Plains Drifter
1973
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High Plains Drifter
Positive Reviews
14
Negative reviews
5
Average Rating
3.5
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4.5
This was supposed to be Eastwoods fond adieu to the worlds of Sergio Leone and Don Siegel; and indeed he cuts the operatic excess of the former with t ..
Time Out
4.5
Within ten minutes, hes raped one occupant and gunned down several more.
Collider
5.0
This film is hardcore. Not hardcore as in lots of blood and guts, but more in that its just plain nasty. Everyone therein is nasty, and the hero is th ..
E Film Critic
3.5
Theres a strange boldness running through the film that makes this Clints own unique western version even though its in the same vein as the formulaic ..
Sover
2.0
The screenplays coldblooded enough, finding the sexual assault tangents unnecessary, especially while passed off as harmless mischief.
Blu Ray
4.0
Some accused the film of heavy handed symbolism, but if youre paying attention, it all fits.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
Eastwood liked the storys strange, offbeat quality, and approached Universal with the idea of directing it.
Emanuellevy
4.0
Clint Eastwood is the ultimate thinking mans cinematic killing machine.
Flim Threet
2.0
It is a classic western situation but unfortunately, Writer Tidyman and Director Eastwood (who also plays the title role) understand that..
Time
4.4
An eerie, supernatural western that takes the avenging man with no name character created by Eastwood and Leone to its most logical extreme.
Movies Tv Guide
3.5
High Plains Drifter, with Eastwood as director as well as star, is part ghost story, part revenge Western, more than a little silly, and often quite e ..
Ny Times
4.0
The movie as a whole is hamfistedly whimsical and poetic, but Walken and Kidder are fascinating to watchnot as characters, but as young actors doing t ..
The Dissolve
2.0
The almost surreal cinamatography is deftly handled by Bruce Surteess stylish photography.
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.5
Whatever the reasoning, it is a gripping work, harsh and ahead of its time.
Film4
3.1
When Mr. Topaze refuses to change the failing grade of a loutish pupil hailing from a rich family, hes promptly fired.
Film Frenzy
4.5
Theres some nice action here, and the whole thing is cloaked in an archetypal spookiness that makes High Plains Drifter work not only as a man with no ..
Net Flix
2.0
Its a genre made for severe parables of justice and retribution like High Plains Drifter.
About Film
4.5
A funny, brutal, scary movie, daringly surreal in its mix of Western and horror themes.
Empire Online
3.0
I tell you: the 1970s were the best decade for Hollywood movies.In 1972 audiences got to see this part post modern Western, part black comedy, part su ..
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