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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : The most offensive thing about the movie is its hypocrisy; it is totally committed to the pornography of violence, but lays on the moral outrage with a shovel. The perfect criticism of ''Straw Dogs'' already has been made. It is ''The Wild Bunch.'' more...
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2/4
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www.epinions.com - : What makes Straw Dogs so fascinating is that many of the scenes and characters are open to multiple, varied interpretation. Does Amy encourage Charley and the other barn workers? She becomes a victim of their gang rape, but stops defending herself against her attackers. This extended scene outraged feminists, but it can be argued that she was only protecting herself. more...
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76/1
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www.filmcritic.com - : Straw Dogs sprang out of the early ‘70s as part of a string of movies that sympathized with vigilante justice; Joe, Dirty Harry, and Dog Day Afternoon, among others, all argued that a lone gunman had more morals and authority than a national justice system. Straw Dogs is the grittiest of the bunch, and the one most willing to toss us down the rabbit hole into a confused and bloody moral universe. more...
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4.5/
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