Straw Dogs

Name: Straw Dogs
Genre: Thriller
Released: September 16, 2011
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, James Marsden, Kate Bosworth

2011

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Screen Gems | Release Date: September 16, 2011 | R

Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, James Marsden, Kate Bosworth

Summary: The new Straw Dogs follows Los Angeles screenwriter David Sumner, who moves with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, leading to a violent confrontation. (Sony Pictures)

Director: Rod Lurie

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 110 min

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Roger Ebert

Sep 14, 2011

Rod Lurie has made a first-rate film of psychological warfare, and yes, I thought it was better than Peckinpah's. Marsden, Bosworth and Skarsgard are all persuasive, and although James Woods has played a lot of evil men during his career, this one may be the scariest. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Sep 17, 2011

Although the moral ambiguity of Straw Dogs has been softened in the remake, the message and the forceful way in which it is delivered remain the same. Read full review

Joe Holleman

Sep 16, 2011

More damaging is Lurie's conspicuous "red state" rant, as he makes sure that every prominent guy in this film - save for the screenwriter and the black sheriff - fits all of the Southern stereotypes. That doesn't make it a bad movie, just one that is something less than Peckinpah's original. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Sep 13, 2011

Whereas Peckinpah managed not only to raise hackles but to get under the skin, Lurie manages only the former, which reduces the material to the level of sensation-mongering. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Sep 22, 2011

Ultimately, the remake is, at best, rote and, at worst, totally unnecessary. Read full review

Stephen Cole

Sep 15, 2011

The film has one sly, ominous touch Peckinpah would have liked. David is writing a script on the defence of Stalingrad, a battle that swallowed two million lives. Otherwise, the new version is a vigilante action film bereft of subtlety or restraint. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Sep 15, 2011

It's a crude, queasy, ugly remake of a crude, queasy, ugly, yet artistically superior 40-year-old Sam Peckinpah movie. Read full review

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Hihihahahoho

Dec 30, 2020

Amazing movie. Absolutely truthful, all about stupid religious people. James Marsden made a very cool job

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KG3

Sep 19, 2011

The movie was one of the best thrillers I have seen all year and one of the top six movies on the year that I have seen. Good acting, good story. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. If you are a fan of the Horror/thriller/Suspense genre as I am then you will enjoy this.The movie was one of the best thrillers I have seen all year and one of the top six movies on the year that I have seen. Good acting, good story. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. If you are a fan of the Horror/thriller/Suspense genre as I am then you will enjoy this. Even though it's not much of a horror more thriller/suspense. But really good. I give it four out of five stars. It was really enjoying to watch. It's a realistic scenario that could happen in real life. Maybe not exactly how it transpired in the film, but if you watch it you will understand exactly what I mean.… Expand