When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Cool Hand Luke has generally received very positive reviews.
Review of Cool Hand Luke (1967)
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Review of Cool Hand Luke (1967)
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Cool Hand Luke was released in 1967 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 708 reviews, giving Cool Hand Luke (1967) an average rating of 86%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 93%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 87%.
With a score of 86%, Cool Hand Luke is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1967, which stands at 60%.
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