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Cutter's Way
1981
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 49m
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter. (imdb)
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Cutter's Way
1981
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 49m
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Rated 04 Jul 2021
78
78th
John Heard, holy shit.
Rated 04 Jul 2021
Rated 17 Jul 2017
75
65th
If we did this my way the movie would be over in 5 minutes because I wouldn't have gone out because it was raining.
Rated 17 Jul 2017
Rated 29 Jun 2018
90
90th
John Heard's career is simultaneously impressive and depressing. I'm not sure if he had bad breaks or got lucky. A bit of both for C.H.U.D. Anyways, this movie is great even if it doesn't make you feel great.
Rated 29 Jun 2018
Rated 20 Aug 2008
86
87th
Outstanding character-driven film that doesn't spoon-feed its audience. Heard is so good in this that I don't understand why he didn't get more famous. And Lisa Eichhorn--what a great role and what a performance. I was really touched by Mo and the way that the film included her; female characters don't usually get that kind of treatment.
Rated 20 Aug 2008
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
89th
Excellent and under-appreciated existentialist drama about the necessity of making a decision in order to live, with noirish elements, political elements, a wry script and an overwhelming sense of impending doom. Deserves to be much more widely seen. Very fine performances by the principals.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 26 Feb 2022
6
86th
looks like i have a new favourite disenfranchised world-weary alcoholic deadbeat neo-noir. the coens obviously had it in mind when casting bridges in LEBOWSKI, although this one's too burdened by rage, terror and loss to become any kind of comedy, and heard is obviously the beating heart. one of those performances that goes so hard and deep it moves beyond all notions of good or bad.
Rated 26 Feb 2022
Rated 24 Nov 2021
81
79th
Great performances by all but like everyone has says Heard reeeeealllly brings it. The paranoia of a post Vietnam American populace. A neo-noir about the realization that the elites never answer for anything and most don’t care. “it’s never their ass that’s on the line. It’s always somebody else’s. Always yours, mine, ours.”
Rated 24 Nov 2021
Rated 04 Nov 2015
91
95th
A neo noir in spirit if not in style. Bridges and Heard are both stellar, their respective ambitions and frustrations reveal themselves as much in the way they move and present themselves as in the things they say. They are what allow the commentary on class and war to have depth well beyond what's written in the script, and it's a strong script. The pacing is a bit loose in that 70s new Hollywood way, but there's always enough forward momentum and intrigue to keep one interested.
Rated 04 Nov 2015
Rated 09 Jan 2019
83
82nd
This feels like one of the last holdovers from the 70s, with its depiction of a lost and angry generation of young men and women. Cutter is searching to stay relevant in a society that doesn't respect him or what he has sacrificed. When an opportunity arises he takes it. John Heard steals the show, but Bridges and Lisa Eichorn are also fantastic. This is a film that is sadly forgotten.
Rated 09 Jan 2019
Rated 17 Aug 2012
3
38th
What the fuck did I just watch? I thought I was signing on for a slick L.A. neo-noir along the lines of Thief. But for a movie ostensibly centered around a murder mystery, the focus is largely on the depressed/depressing lives of aimless lower-middle-class alcoholics. The tone veers all over the place, from low-key character drama to moody noir to (weirdly) slapstick comedy at times. Also, the climax involves a man on a horse flying through a window. It was, uh, definitely interesting...
Rated 17 Aug 2012
Rated 02 Feb 2020
86
62nd
B+
Rated 02 Feb 2020
Rated 03 Mar 2007
65
73rd
Very good.
Rated 03 Mar 2007
Rated 03 May 2018
80
81st
oyuncu performansları ve iyi yazılmış diyaloglar etrafında dönerek anlatılan iyi bir hikaye. watergate sonrası başlayan paranoyak gerilimlere de esasen güzel bir son: Martha Mitchell etkisini asla bırakmayan sürükleyici bir noir.
Rated 03 May 2018
Rated 21 Aug 2019
68
66th
Its refusal to resolve its murder mystery is one of its greatest virtues, even if the genre elements do not always synch well with the character ones. Whether the man accused of murder is really guilty or not is less relevant than Cutter's relentless desire for 'justice' that is arguably more motivated by bitterness and resentment than it's by any sense of morality. Heard gives a risky performance that borders on parody, and the casual but doom laden atmosphere keeps the plot unpredictable.
Rated 21 Aug 2019
Rated 24 Aug 2019
85
59th
Movie 3200.
Rated 24 Aug 2019
Rated 27 Mar 2022
95
86th
Great little neo-noir that ends up packing quite an emotional punch. Awesome cast, too.
Rated 27 Mar 2022
Rated 08 Jun 2021
60
54th
Well acted. Well written. Well directed. And the musical score is also well done. An 'action packed' film without that much action, which is another way of saying it is impactful without recourse to cheap tricks/thrills and/or simplistic moralising of what is good and bad (in this case in the broader context of organised crime and the Vietnam War). Like many such films from this period, it's 'gritty'.
Rated 08 Jun 2021
Rated 23 Aug 2023
73
37th
Both John Heard and Jeff Bridges give good performances in this film. The script has some slow spots and some interesting ones. Overall I would recommend this film.
Rated 23 Aug 2023
Rated 05 Jul 2021
90
87th
Here's a film that just gets better with each viewing. It's easy to see the film as a parable about the collapse of America's faith in institutions, but if anything, it's even more about the collapse of faith in idealism. Bridges, Heard and the magnificent Lisa Eichhorn are all engaged in destructive behavior meant to distract from the loss of meaning and as a way to not get jobs and become middle-class citizens.
Rated 05 Jul 2021
Rated 26 Sep 2021
60
35th
A different take on the standard neo-noir as this delves much deeper into the characterizations of the "heroes," rather than the standard plot-driven story. Its ambiguity veers a little close to preachy. Heard's portrayal is both amazing and reprehensible (he manages to insult just about everything in the first 20 minutes of the film, and then never stops).
Rated 26 Sep 2021
Rated 10 Mar 2022
88
36th
Critics love this one and it might have gone over my head. I thought it was unique for a crime thriller and had potentially interesting characters, but the writing didn't come together for me. Good performances though by Jeff Bridges and John Heard.
Rated 10 Mar 2022
Rated 04 Dec 2016
50
38th
Meandering and muddled and clumsily wrapped around its McGuffin.
Rated 04 Dec 2016
Rated 09 Aug 2016
73
31st
(...)Der Film kam 1981 in die Kinos aber atmete immer noch die Atmosphäre der späten 60er. Fast scheint es so, als ob die verlorenen Ideale der Zeit nur noch von ein paar ausgebrannten Überlebenden hochgehalten werden.(...)
Rated 09 Aug 2016
Rated 11 Aug 2014
90
81st
Emerging in the twilight of the New Hollywood years, Cutter's Way sees a practically bygone knack in American film for setting mood, evoking place and exploring unpredictable states of mind through a knowing, cynical, claustrophobic script, awash in the disgruntlement and mental cave-in of post-Vietnam America. Superbly acted by Jeff Bridges, Lisa Eichorn and particularly John Heard as the mangled, plastered vet, this forgotten treasure stays in the memory long after other films have faded.
Rated 11 Aug 2014
Rated 07 Apr 2014
70
70th
I am disappointed with this murder mystery with every detail shrouded by doubt. It is never revealed if the man suspected, and ultimately punished, was indeed responsible. Cutter is a bitter man eager for justice and has nothing much to lose. The clues amount to a circumstantial case, but he believes he has correctly connected the dots. The ending was too abrupt and failed to resolve the question, leaving me wanting more. The characters felt real except that Cutter was a bit over the top.
Rated 07 Apr 2014
Rated 15 Jun 2012
89
95th
One of my favorite films as a teenager, I haven't seen it since but feel like I would like to.
Rated 15 Jun 2012
Rated 02 Dec 2011
51
2nd
#978
Rated 02 Dec 2011
Rated 04 Jan 2011
40
14th
This turned out to be a major disappointment. For some reason I just found it to be tedious and dull from the beginning. Maybe it is not my kind of film.
Rated 04 Jan 2011
Rated 29 Oct 2010
59
28th
The movie gets points for a quirky comedy/thriller, but it ultimately doesn't work well--mainly because of the acting/casting of John Hurt and LIsa Eichorn. (Bridges is solid in this.) Hurt's one-eyed, limping and scruffy look makes him seem like a bad parody of a Blackbeard. It could have been a good film.
Rated 29 Oct 2010
Rated 12 Aug 2010
66
28th
These sort of genre deconstruction films just don't thrill me in any way. I don't mind watching them, but afterwards I always feel like "so what?". I also gotta say that Jeff Bridges has never done anything for me, and John Heard's performance is alternately compelling and embarrassing. Having said that, I did enjoy the movie, to a mild degree. I did find the characters interesting. Overall, it's just not kind cup of tea.
Rated 12 Aug 2010
Rated 26 Jul 2010
63
57th
It's too bad this film insists on some loose thriller plot-injections (complete with jarringly lame ending), because as a character portrait it's superb. Bridges is, as indeed he was in many of his earlier roles, somewhat dull, but Eichhorn is a low-key, tormented wonder and Heard delivers a wild, sputtering, frenzied career best as the titular Cutter.
Rated 26 Jul 2010
Rated 15 Jan 2010
54
8th
921
Rated 15 Jan 2010
Rated 14 Sep 2009
82
70th
Caso de Assassinato/Obstinação estreava em Los Angeles há 40 anos. Se me perguntam por que revi esse filme, se pelo trabalho brilhante de Passer ou pela atuação visceral de Heard, prontamente lhes direi: pelo Bridges no pico da gostosice nos anos 80. BlurayRip RARBG.
Rated 14 Sep 2009
Rated 19 Dec 2008
54
8th
922
Rated 19 Dec 2008
Rated 02 Mar 2008
58
32nd
# 831
Rated 02 Mar 2008
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