Hardcore

Hardcore (1979)

  • 84% of critics liked it
    (19 reviews)

  • 65% of users liked it
    (2,067 ratings)

"Oh my God, that's my daughter." So read the advertising copy of Hardcore. George C. Scott plays Jake Van Dorn, a man of means and conservative values who discovers that his precious daughter is appearing in X-rated films. Desperately making his way through the sub-rosa world of pornography, Van… More

R, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Paul Schrader
Written By
Paul Schrader
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1979 Wide
On DVD
Sep 14, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Hardcore is a softcore porn film that needed to be hardcore to have street cred as a believable investigative film about the porn industry.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    A big throbbing stress-headache of a movie, but you won't be able to turn it off.

  • Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central

    Though Hardcore's so-called gritty images do have the power to disturb, it's because we're intrinsically aware of their psychic scourge on the hero

  • Victoria Alexander, FilmsInReview.com

    Schrader;s gritty NYC runaway thriller.

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    Strong internal drama.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    A good thriller, very dramatic and cool, it really feels like the end of the 70s.

  • Michael S


    I can`t believe this has become so forgotten. It`s a great film and C. Scott gives one of his best performances.

  • Alec B


    I felt that a lot of it was Paul Schrader rehashing 'Taxi Driver', only with a more stable protagonist. That shouldn't suggest that its bad, as I think it convincingly captures a fathers decent into moral despair and violent aggression over his daughter's… More

  • Patrick D


    To put it one way: It's Alice in Wonderland if Alice dove head first in the rabbit hole. Then say she gets rather involved as wonderland build to a frothy boil only for the eggs of the salad sandwich to taste kind of upsetting. There's really few things wrong with this film,… More

  • James B


    This shit is crazy!

Read all 6 featured audience ratings

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