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Deliverance

1972

John Boorman

Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox ...

7.3

9,553

Adventure. Drama. Thriller They left their troubles at the office. Left the wives and kids behind. Four men bound for the wilderness. It was the weekend they hoped for, a great adventure - without their golf clubs. Soon enough, the trip becomes a nightmare when they run into creepy rednecks, Gods forgotten creatures.

	Media	Author	Review
		Don Druker Chicago Reader	"[It] has a beautiful visual style that balances the film's machismo message."
		Jeremiah Kipp Slant	"Each actor is attuned to the character he plays, but all of them are dominated by the mysteriousness of the hill country (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"A finely structured allegory about America and Americans (...) It's good to watch, and then to think about"
		Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"The film speaks eloquently enough for itself. And, of course, there's Reynolds' mesmerizing performance"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds and] all the members of the cast are finely tuned and very good. What the movie totally fails at, however, is its attempt to make some kind of significant statement about its action (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Mark Dinning Empire	"This is more than just a horror film. There's real substance in themes, performances and John Boorman's superb direction (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Time Out	"Terrific boy's own adventure stuff with adult ingredients of graphic mutilation and buggery"
		Glenn Kenny Decider	"Thoughtful, understated and unconventionally assembled (...) Dickey’s plot is so well worked out it feels completely organic"
		Keith Phipps AV Club	"'Deliverance' is a film about finding the place where ideas mean less than instinct"
		TV Guide	"'Deliverance' is a tale of what happens to civilized values when put to the test in a hostile wilderness environment"

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