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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

A highly controversial movie by director Sam Peckinpah, "Straw Dogs" stars Dustin Hoffman and Susan George as a married couple living in an English countryside who endure an escalating series of attacks by local goons.Hoffman plays the calm and gentle mathematician who chooses to be ignorant of the menacing nature of the local men he hired to work on finishing his garage; while George plays the young, petulant wife who notices the little threats all around her but cannot persuade her husband to see things as she does. Hoffman judges George to be childish and silly, and George accuses Hoffman of being a coward. Soon both will be tested to their limits, and their true natures will be exposed when the goons lay siege to their farmhouse and demand something that Hoffman cannot comply with.My most memorable, movie moment of "Straw Dogs" is the most controversial segment of the movie, **SPOILER ALERT** the double rape of George. Controversial for three reasons: 1) its raw brutality (this is a 1971 movie, don't forget); 2) George appears to enjoy the final moments of the first rape; and 3) it is insinuated that George is anally raped during the second rape. This part of the movie is something that movie fans will heatedly argue over for many years to come."Straw Dogs" isn't a movie for the faint of heart nor for those looking for a quick thrill. It starts off very slowly, and the suspense builds up gradually until what is left is a devolution of human nature to its basest instincts.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments

Can't say that I'm a fan, but I wouldn't argue that "Straw Dogs" is a poorly made movie by any stretch - the acting is solid and the craft is effective, sometimes brutally so. Personally, the draw was seeing Dustin Hoffman go from massive wimp to a man of action with a fortress to defend. But his character was the weakest aspect of the movie for me (no pun intended).From almost minute one, we want this guy to stand up for himself, in some capacity. I mean, it's obvious to everybody that the tormentors working on his garage are the ones behind his cat's murder. Surely the quiet English countryside has a constable the crime can be reported to. Said lawman would also be ideal recourse after they violently assault his wife. But it's when they want to invade this house that he suddenly goes on the offensive? And it's a rental!There's plenty of controversial subject matter offered here - the rape scene is cause enough - but it's the contrived steps that lead to Hoffman's sudden transformation that turned me off. The bad guys aren't barging in because they want to rob him of his wife or his manhood - they want the town idiot/accidental murderer that's resting in the house. It's just a confluence of events that brings about the mental change. And from then on, he's unbalanced fascist. I was hoping there'd be some sort of catharsis after his rage-fueled campaign, but there's just nothing there. It wouldn't be so bad if the movie didn't hinge on his character, but that guy just does not do anything for me.5/10

Looking back at Straw Dogs a film that was never shown on UK television for several decades, you get to see how influential it is. Without this movie there would had never been Home Alone!Director Sam Peckinpah might had been contemplating the brutality of the Vietnam war, the rising tide of violence generally in the 1960s counter-culture or just the inherent brutality of man especially when an outsider appears with a local girl.Dustin Hoffman is a mild mannered American university maths professor who have moved into a farmhouse in rural Cornwall where his wife grew up. His wife (Susan George) is flirty, younger and provocatively dressed at times which arouses desires from her ex boyfriend (Del Henney.)The locals are hired to repair the farm house but soon tease the couple, Del Henney takes advantage of George by forcing himself on her and soon she is also raped by one of his friends.When a simpleton local (David Warner) is accused of abducting a girl from the village and ends being protected by Hoffman in his house, the band of locals descend on them and terrorise them. Hoffman realises he needs to fight back in order to protect his wife and Warner.A lot has been said about this movie, the inbred locals, the brutal rape where the victim might have enjoyed part of it, the level of violence.It now looks rather dated, it is a slow burn film, you know where it is going and there is the explosion of violence in the last act with Peckinpah even adding some black humour as two of the thugs chasing each other in kids bicycles. The plot is actually thin and the film felt plodding to me. Hoffman's character seemed to want to integrate with the thuggish locals, maybe to prove he can mix it with the Alpha males, although you have to question how did he end up marrying someone flighty like George who even when the house is under attack wants to runaway from Hoffman who rightly suspects that she will be killed.The film has a curiosity value but I felt that it would not had been highly regarded but for its reputation and banned from a video release for so long by the British censor.

I was a 16 year old girl (maybe 15 cant remember) I read about it in the TV guide and decided to give it a go. I recorded it (too late for me) then watched it one cold winter evening alone in my bedroom. I remember what scared me the most! Tom Heddon, that big scary fat man! When he did his intimidation to David in the pub I was literally shaking thinking this is my idea of hell being around such scary violent people. And one thing that also scared me was when Janice's cousin dragged her inside, I felt scared and glad I wasn't in her position, being stuck at home with these scary rapist men. And I remember thinking when I saw Amy and how young she was and how she reminded me of myself, how I wondered why she wasn't scared of anyone. I thought wow, shes a stronger girl than me, and I never wanna be in her or Janice's situation. Just watching it on TV scares me! I watched the film a couple more times in my 20s and I wasn't scared at all and neither of the idiot men really scared me, I suppose back then I was just an innocent teen! Just thought I'd share my little story.