i sit down to watch midnight cowboy think it would be another overrated 60s/70s movie . some of my favorite film come from the 70 and in the same vein a midnight cowboy ( taxi driver and mean street and panic in needle park and etc . ) but there be many and many overrated one as well that have gain strong reputation amongst critic for be groundbreaking unfortunately a vast majority of them do not hold up as well today . i sort of feel this way about easy rider . ( although it and too and be one of my favorite . ) so and i do not expect much from midnight cowboy but get a lot back . it a touching story and well make and well tell with some of the best performance of all time . dustin hoffman and a enrico ratso rizzo and give one of his best it a bit funny at time ( he sound like a cartoon character when he speak maybe because of the lenny or simpson connection ) and but hoffman be entirely convincing . half of the film budget go towards his paycheck a he be just become a major star in hollywood . opposite him be the second bill jon voight a joe buck and the cowboy who travel north to the big apple in the hope of become a male prostitute . soon his naive way land him in trouble and he pair up with a cripple scam artist name ratso who offer to become joe manager for a certain percentage of profit . the movie be quite long at two hour but never really seem very long . some film can tend to drag and especially some of the film that be make in the 70 because ( a it be say in easy rider and rag bull ) the director be the star of the movie in the 1970s and occasionally they get a bit too infatuate with their material and go on too long examine character or scene or etc . that aren not important . just about the only scene i felt be a bit too long and unnecessary be the drug party it make the film seem extremely outdated ( similar to the drug odyssey in easy rider ) and really harm it flow because it not need . other than that and midnight cowboy be an almost flawless motion picture . i be pleasantly surprise . it do have it flaw ( flashback be a bit tacky and never use as well a they could have be and for instance ) and some of the scene be a bit uneasy ( such a the gay movie theater sequence ) but if you can handle it content midnight cowboy be a truly great motion picture and an uncompromising examination of life on the street in the late 60 or early 70 . it a depressing movie and yes and and by today standard might seem a bit outdated and heavy on the liberal perspective of life be horrible and etc . but i still love it and particularly the extremely touch end will stay with me for a long and long time . highly recommended . one of the best film of the 70 . ( it be technically release in late 1969 but i would still categorize it a a 1970s film . it also win the best picture oscar and be the first and only x rat motion picture to do so . it be later re rat r on appeal . ) 4 . 5/5 .