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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
The Deer Hunter is certainly among the more controversial of the classics. As Pauline Kael stated, it was a small-minded film with greatness in it.
I would suggest reading her review, found here
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I think she saw a different movie than I did.
I'm thinking it had more impact in the 70's. What she calls sweeping and majestic, I thought was heavy-handed and boring.