Five Easy Pieces | | Cast : | Jack Nicholson, Karen Black | | Director : | Bob Rafelson | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | September 12, 1970 | | DVD Released Date : | August 28, 2001 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Thai (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 31, 2005 | | Summary | Nicholson Steals the Show | Content
 | This is arguably one the best films to emerge from the late 60's. It was Jack Nicholson's ground breaking performance in this movie, that turned him from a minor actor into a major superstar. Hopper and Fonda, as his travelling cohorts, are also excellent.
But this is Nicholson's movie, and his scene stealing performance as Bobby Dupea, a man who is struggling to find a place for himself in american society--stuck between two worlds--is what film enthusiasts like to call a "landmark performance." The restaurant scene is one of the most memorable in cinematic history.
Highly recommended for every film buff out there. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 30, 2005 | | Summary | Baby Boomer 1970's Angst in All It's Glory! | Content
| The Baby Boom Generation will go down in history as the generation who had the most of everything while thinking they had the least of everything. Those who like to wallow in this generational alienation, angst, anxiety, anomie, or whatever will find this movie deep and enjoyable. Those who find these notions puzzling will find the movie to be somewhat amusing but overall a bit pointless. Jack Nicholson's character is a selfish, fornicating, impatient, ill-tempered jerk who we are supposed to believe is some kind of misunderstood genius. I just thought he was just a selfish, fornicating, impatient, ill-tempered jerk. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 29, 2005 | | Summary | STANK! Total waste of some talented people. | Content
| I am mystified as to why so many people think this film is so great. (But then, I feel the same way about "Citizen Kane"!) Nicholson's character is a worthless, heartless, rude jerk from the beginning to the end, and all the other characters are either stupid and pathetic (like Karen Black's character and the oil-rig buddy) -- or totally boring, like Nicholson's character's family. I didn't think the chicken-salad-sandwich scene was all that thrilling, either. (In fact, I felt sorry for the waitress!) What a disappointment. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 26, 2005 | | Summary | Two Worlds Collide - Jack Nicholson At His Best | Content
| This is a great classic lifestyle movie showing two very different lifestyles colliding. Jack Niclolson, of course, finds himself involved in these two very different lifestyles. The movie has some classic scenes including the famous scene in the diner with the waitress. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 10, 2005 | | Summary | no longer the greatest | Content
| though red hot when it came out in '70 (Nickolsons diner clip was the highlight of the academy awards), its dated characters, attitudes, and morals loose relevance today. Definitely a candidate for a successful remake. |
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