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Blue Collar Reviews

1978

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In 'Blue Collar', Paul Schrader's strong directorial debut, three assembly-line auto workers (Richard Pryor in one of his only serious dramatic roles, Harvey Keitel, and Yaphet Kotto) are equally angry and disenchanted at factory management and their own union. They are also, as the film reveals in long, detailed vignettes, .. Read more

Starring	Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr.
Director	Paul Schrader
Genres	Drama

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- - 6
  - 0
  Hilarious working class exploitation pic
  
  Paul Schrader directed presentation of what it's like to be a working class man in just 110 minutes. Not special from a film point of view, it is simplistic... read more »
  
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  - St Helens
  - 25 Mar 2006 at 09:03
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- - 0
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  Good
  
  I saw this film years ago but it was well worth watching again. All of the actors do well but a special tribute must go to Richard Pryor for his fast talking, ... read more »
  
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  - Exeter
  - 01 May 2009 at 17:09
- - 1
  - 0
  Tough, uncompromising look at the American working man
  
  This little-seen film (hence the reason I'm the first and so far only person to review it) is one of my favorites of the '70s, which would pretty much ... read more »
  
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- - SamHussein
  - 25 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Apr 2009 at 19:42
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  brilliant
  
  absolootly fantastic
  
  with the most horrible death u can imagian
  
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  - Torpoint
  - 27 Mar 2009 at 18:41
- - 0
  - 2
  An uncertain tone, great actors
  
  Paul Shrader's quasi-mythic stature is well-deserved, both as the screenwriter behind Scorcese's timeless masterworks Taxi ... read more »
  
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- - Bertrand Moullier
  - London
  - 07 Feb 2007 at 21:03
- - 1
  - 1
  Great
  
  Class smass - this was a good, gritty movie throughout. Nice to see people take drugs and drink for oblivion and not because they are chic. The three main ... read more »
  
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- - John
  - Wiltshire
  - 03 Jan 2007 at 22:52
- - 0
  - 1
  Richard Pryor outclasses Harvey Keitel
  
  Ever since the death of Richard Pryor, I've been trying to watch everything that I remember and old stuff I've never heard of. Blue Collar, a dark yet... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 28 Jun 2006 at 13:47
- - 6
  - 0
  Hilarious working class exploitation pic
  
  Paul Schrader directed presentation of what it's like to be a working class man in just 110 minutes. Not special from a film point of view, it is simplistic... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 223872
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 25 Mar 2006 at 09:03
View all members' reviews (7)

- - 6
  - 0
  Hilarious working class exploitation pic
  
  Paul Schrader directed presentation of what it's like to be a working class man in just 110 minutes. Not special from a film point of view, it is simplistic... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 223872
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  
  [Highly rated reviewer]
  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 25 Mar 2006 at 09:03
- - 1
  - 0
  Tough, uncompromising look at the American working man
  
  This little-seen film (hence the reason I'm the first and so far only person to review it) is one of my favorites of the '70s, which would pretty much ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 744619
- - SamHussein
  - 25 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Apr 2009 at 19:42
- - 1
  - 1
  Great
  
  Class smass - this was a good, gritty movie throughout. Nice to see people take drugs and drink for oblivion and not because they are chic. The three main ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 398687
- - John
  - Wiltshire
  - 03 Jan 2007 at 22:52
- - 0
  - 0
  brilliant
  
  absolootly fantastic
  
  with the most horrible death u can imagian
  
  Report this review
- 733681
- - a customer
  - Torpoint
  - 27 Mar 2009 at 18:41
- - 0
  - 0
  Good
  
  I saw this film years ago but it was well worth watching again. All of the actors do well but a special tribute must go to Richard Pryor for his fast talking, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 751119
- - a customer
  - Exeter
  - 01 May 2009 at 17:09
- - 0
  - 1
  Richard Pryor outclasses Harvey Keitel
  
  Ever since the death of Richard Pryor, I've been trying to watch everything that I remember and old stuff I've never heard of. Blue Collar, a dark yet... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 258940
- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 28 Jun 2006 at 13:47
- - 0
  - 2
  An uncertain tone, great actors
  
  Paul Shrader's quasi-mythic stature is well-deserved, both as the screenwriter behind Scorcese's timeless masterworks Taxi ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 409968
- - Bertrand Moullier
  - London
  - 07 Feb 2007 at 21:03

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  In 'Blue Collar', Paul Schrader's strong directorial debut, three assembly-line auto workers (Richard Pryor in one of his only serious dramatic roles, Harvey Keitel, and Yaphet Kotto) are equally angry and disenchanted at factory management and their own union. They are also, as the film reveals in ...