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Wake in Fright Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 5.0
    87

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Universal acclaim
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 70

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    A road movie using undeveloped land as a blank screen on which to project a dark deconstruction of masculinity and manifest destiny.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter John DeFore

    The picture is fresh and frightening, a strong arthouse contender certain to leave audiences talking.

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  • 88

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    It's not dated. It is powerful, genuinely shocking and rather amazing.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

    As a strictly psychological portrait of destructive masculinity it's a gut-sock, vividly photographed, thrillingly edited and marked by performances (Donald Pleasence and Jack Thompson, most notably) that heave with strange complexity and dark camaraderie.Wake in Fright is true horror.

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