Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces is a cinematic poem that reverberates with the quiet, inescapable ache of modern loneliness. This 1970 classic transcends the boundaries of narrative cinema to deliver an unflinching portrait of disconnection, alienation, and the elusive search for meaning in a world indifferent to the human soul. It is, without exaggeration, one of the most beautiful, searing explorations of utter existential despair ever captured on film. Jack Nicholson plays Robert Dupea with raw authenticity. Every gesture, every glance, every line of dialogue feels like a window into the hollowed chambers of a fractured spirit. His performance is a tour de force of controlled chaos and suppressed rage, and at the same time it shows in his character a heartbreaking vulnerability. This film deserves nothing less than a perfect 100% rating from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it seems that true artistry often goes unrecognized in our time.

This is one film that should have received a 100% fresh critics' rating.

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I just can't stand Jack Nicholson. He's my bete noir of actors. Just his face, his smirk, his voice, I can;t look or listen. I hate him. On top of that this is a meandering piece that I couldn't remotely engage with or care about. It sits on many best films lists but I have no idea why. I was counting down the minutes until it ended. Painful. Watched it on DVD.

This classic antihero drama is amazing for the acting alone. Leaves me sad & desolate as it ends. I was around in 1970 but had forgotten the impact of this film.

I wanna hold it between my knees.

Over 50 years later this was Jack Nicholson’s entrance into the American consciousness of cinema with the counterculture Nicholson stars next to Karen Black and Susan Anspach as Robert, who started as a classical pianist but strives more for a blue collar position on an oil field Black is his girlfriend Rayette who’s a waitress egging him to open up about his feelings but he's a bit more verbally abusive towards her as well as emotionally He’s probably not satisfied with his working class lifestyle Finding his father sick Robert he decides to go back to his relatives to reconnect with him but he also runs into his other girlfriend Katherine played by Anspach With Rayette at his side during the drive life starts to change for him drastically The veil is then lifted to show what truly lies beneath all the macho behavior Robert has displayed, he definitely shows the association with the hippie movement with a hint of misogyny, rage, and care-free demeanor, that's actually pretty amazing in the first couple minutes we get a clear idea of what Robert is, he's a prick but a relatable one at that who's abandoned his past passions This movie gels well with our current obsessions with social class and constructs, with personal identity, along with a complete rejection of society norms that we’ve been taught to accept without question It even foretells the environmental crisis, one of the rare movies that undergoes new style and subject matter breaking taboos and conventions people are filthy it may be what's actually wrong with people, some of us don't live to tell one another how much better the other half lives, filth is bad that's what starts maggots and riots, if a person has no love for himself, no respect, no love of his friends, family, work, something – how can he ask for love in return?, who has the gall to say what anything about class, who has it or what society we belong to? Nicholson is a dime a dozen in his first big breakout role and it should be recognized more today than it ever was with its relevant levels of morality this is a stupendously acted work of art from a period of filmmaking that showed such massive change

A subtly subversive film, about a broken enigma of a man, and the wake of emotional damage he leaves behind. The atmosphere of Five Easy Pieces is at times very charming, with country music, and Karen Black lending an authentic blue collar vibe. Beautiful cinematography, with many sunset and sunrise shots of natural landscapes, provides a good backdrop for an excellent acting performance from Jack Nicholson, whose character development, or, at times, lack of character development, is the real star of the film. When he transitions from his mean and rugged roughneck persona to his elegant and arrogant musician persona upon visiting home, his talents are on full display, with even subtle mannerisms being different.

A little slow. But the Tammy Wynette music is great. And Sally Struthers nude!

It's Jack Nicholson what more could you ask for? This actor was nominated 12 times for the academy award and won three times.