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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOne of the best-looking films ever made, in its photography, in its use of locations, in its recreation of the America that Woody Guthrie discovered.
- 90Village VoiceVillage VoiceAshby--working through a magnificent performance by Carradine--has converted technical virtuosity to his own ends, creating a richly ambiguous character study that sings and provokes and celebrates. [13 Dec 1976, p.45]
- 80EmpireNick DawsonEmpireNick DawsonWith Haskell Wexler's splendid photography and Leonard Rosenman's fine score, the film provides a poetic yet authentic view of Depression-era America with the symbolic figure of Guthrie (an impressive David Carradine) at its very centre.
- 80TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA moving, brilliantly photographed picture that portrays the legendary eccentric folksinger Woody Guthrie in a trip across Depression-era America.
- 70The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelAn absorbing and impressive piece of work.
- 60Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrAshby is excellent on atmosphere but fair to middling on character. When the film makes a sudden transition from epic to melodrama, things fall apart.
- 50Time OutTime OutAn overlong, sentimental and lifeless biopic of Woody Guthrie.
- 50NewsweekNewsweekToo halting and anecdotal to have much historical sweep, yet too broadly ambitious to achieve any biographical intimacy. [13 Dec 1976, p.104]
- 50Washington PostGary ArnoldWashington PostGary ArnoldRegrettably, director Hal Ashby has allowed both the protagonist, folk-singer Woody Guthrie, played with surprising canniness and authority by David Carradine, and the Depression setting to drift away in pictorial reverie and dramatically evasive heroworship. [16 Feb 1977, p.B1]