The Outsider

Play trailer

The Outsider

R

Released Jun 2, 1980

2h 8m

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

Tomatometer

4 Reviews

57%

Popcornmeter

50+ Ratings

An angry Vietnam veteran (Craig Wasson) leaves Detroit for Belfast to join the IRA against the British as his grandfather (Sterling Hayden) did.

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Much of the film is shot in close-ups, making for a stark oppressiveness.

Apr 7, 2011

Full Review

Kenneth Turan

New West/California

The Outsider is as gripping as it is significant, as emotionally involving as it is right thinking, a film that is entertaining in the best and truest sense of the word.

Nov 4, 2021

Full Review

Jeremy Heilman

MovieMartyr.com

Because of its slim narrative and relatively unsympathetic protagonist The Outsider is probably the weakest of Tarr's films.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 7, 2011

Full Review

Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Brilliantly catches the faces of these fringe members of Budapest society, leaving a striking impression of the disenfranchised.

Rated: B+

Apr 7, 2011

Full Review

Read all reviews

Audience Member

Poderia ser menos lento e arrastado... mas tem história interessante.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

Full Review

Audience Member

My least favorite of the Domestic Trilogy and of Tarr's oeuvre. I find it bland and uninteresting. It seemed unintentionally messy and quickly slapped together (by Tarr's standards; the film is quite exceptional compared to those coming out in the 1980s).

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

Full Review

Audience Member

It is a right dicision to go for black and white. Making this movie in colors takes a away a lot of weight. I love how the movie is in fragments (rough transitions made possible by shock cut), it gives a texture of life. The movie also give an insightful portrayal of how life can sometimes get the better of us. But yeah, I still love the later Tarr more.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

Full Review

Audience Member

A young slacker type uses music to escape his economic problems. I don't mind Tarr's early socio-realist movies, even though (like Polanski and Kieslowski and other Eastern Bloc types) his work improves as his artistic sensibilities mature. There's not a whole lot to this movie, but it's very watchable with good performances, good dialogue, and good music.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Tony Luraschi

Director

Craig Wasson

Michael Flaherty

Patricia Quinn

Siobhan

Sterling Hayden

Seamus Flaherty

Niall Toibin

The Farmer

Elizabeth Begley

Mrs. Cochran

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

View more photos

Synopsis

An angry Vietnam veteran (Craig Wasson) leaves Detroit for Belfast to join the IRA against the British as his grandfather (Sterling Hayden) did.

Director: Tony Luraschi
Producer: Philippe Modave
Screenwriter: Tony Luraschi
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Cinematic Arts B.V.
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 2, 1980, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 5, 2017
Runtime: 2h 8m

Most Popular at Home Now