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American Graffiti

1973

George Lucas

Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith, Paul Le Mat ...

6.7

12,430

Drama. Comedy Set in Modesto, California in 1962, a time and place of early rock n’ roll, drag races, and diners, American Graffiti follows four friends over the course of one summer night. They navigate relationships, their futures, and the post-high school decisions that will impact both.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'It' is not only a great movie but a brilliant work of historical fiction; no sociological treatise could duplicate the movie’s success in remembering exactly how it was to be alive at that cultural instant (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	The Hollywood Reporter	"Certainly the freshest American movie in years and may well prove to be a watershed film of major importance."	POS
United States	Roger Greenspun The New York Times	"In its feeling for movement and music and the vitality of the night it is oddly closer to some early Fellini than to the recent American past of, say, The Last Picture Show"	POS
United Kingdom	Empire	"An instant classic perfectly attuned to the mood of early 70s baby boomers who'd just woken up after Vietnam, Watergate and the hippie era (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"A funny, touching, nearly cliché-free, and thoroughly considered evocation of a time, place, and state of mind."	POS

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