Midnight Cowboy
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalgay/lesbianslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashunlikely connections
"For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it."
Boxlist takeSerious and moving: an original drama, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1969
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Florin Productions
- Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
