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User Comments for: Five Easy Pieces

njgr says...
a month ago
Not unlike its lead character, Robert Eroica Dupea (Nicholson), it's hard not to like and dislike this film. As a star vehicle it's superb, and it's also early enough in Nicholson's career that he seems to be playing the character more than that of his "Jack" persona. Hints of it peek through when he gets angry or frustrated, but it's all in the service of a character who is desperately unhappy with his life and every choice he makes.

There's something timeless or generational in Robert's rage--you could see it happening in 1970, when the film was released, but you could also see it being at home in the 1990s or 2020. The result is a very human story, but as one character suggests, it's hard to love someone that doesn't love themselves.
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