The Deer Hunter | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

Robert De Niro reclaims his title as our finest young dramatic male star in a devastating anti-war epic.

In terms of sheer impact, this is the best movie of 1978; it restores power and urgency to the screen.

So many of the elements are so good that it all adds up to a pity. Someone, or more than one -- writer or producers or director or editor or all -- fogged up about why this picture was being made and whether it was on the rails.

A film to be debated and argued over seriously because it is an earnest, serious and impressive work, despite the reservations it is necessary to have about it. In a thin and evasive year, The Deer Hunter joins a thin company that aspire to greatness.

The Deer Hunter might have been a superb document of the devastation to human lives caused by the Vietnam war... But director Michael Cimino allows the story to drag on past three hours, with endless scenes of male camaraderie and war atrocity.