What is Easy Rider about?
Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
No. Brace yourself.
Two Harley-riding hippies chase spiritual truth across a gritty landscape, finding only melancholy and pulpy adventure.
Earnest. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
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Easy Rider parents guide
Nothing past what an R promises: moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- How gory is Easy Rider?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Easy Rider rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Moderate sex and nudity, strong violence, and some strong language. The R is earned, so not for kids.
Cast and crew
Directed byDennis Hopper
StarringPeter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Antonio Mendoza, Phil Spector, Mac Mashourian
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