The Deer Hunter
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The Deer Hunter

1978Movie3 h 3 minR11 awards

Drama
85
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Letterboxd4.2/5Metacritic908.2
85
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Letterboxd4.2/5Metacritic908.2

Summary

Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults

Skip it if

  • You need an uplifting mood
  • You want fast pacing
  • Graphic violence bothers you

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  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Leaves you shaken.
  • Pulls you in.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Puts you on the battlefield.

Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Grin of RageRare · in 49 titlesWhile kept as prisoners of war, Michael and Nick are forced to play Russian Roulette by the guards.Blood-Splattered Wedding Dressin 117 titlesWine-spattered, but at the wedding, the priest says that Steven and Angela will have good luck all their lives, but only if they don't spill a drop of the wine that they chug.All 60 tropes

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