
Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch. His wife, who had given up on him, reluctantly allows him to stay, and soon believes that all will be well again. But then Harry has to make a difficult decision regarding his loyalties and priorities.... (Full plot summary below)
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Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch. His wife, who had given up on him, reluctantly allows him to stay, and soon believes that all will be well again. But then Harry has to make a difficult decision regarding his loyalties and priorities.
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| New YorkerMichael SragowFonda, touching as an actor, proves astonishing as a director, using a fluid, tactile style to conjure a life lived close to the elements and to sudden death. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceIf Dennis Hopper dismantles revisionist-Western ennui in The Last Movie, Fonda embellishes it with poetic muddiness |
| BBC.comJason WoodA work dear to Fonda's heart, he has often spoken of his wish for this film to be his epitaph. It's one that would do any director proud. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...perhaps the best of that cycle of realistic, existential Westerners produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s |
| User ReviewHarim KGreat photography, music and Warren Oates is at his best in this film. |
| User ReviewTed JGreat film. Perfect cinematography, especially for the era. One of the top films of the early 1970's and possibly the most accurate/believable westerns ever made. |
| User ReviewBill MGreat photography, music and Warren Oates is at his best in this film. |
| User ReviewAaron Wwow what a movie 2 watch..i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie..i think that peter fonda, ann doran, warren oates play good parts throughout this movie...i think that the director of this Action & Adventure, Western, Drama, Classics movie had done a good job of directng this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie..i think that the fight scenes n the gun shoot outs were pretty kewl throughout this movie..its a good movie 2 watch n its a enjoyable movie 2 watch |
| User ReviewJan DLyrical and tender western, sure-handedly directed by Peter Fonda and beautifully shot by Vilmos Zsigmond. "The Hired Hand" is a beautiful film with moments of sudden and raw violence, that deals with the strength and bond of friendship, redemption and lost love. |
| User ReviewJames HRegarding Westerns in general, there's nothing quite like it. |