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Dallas has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
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1978 · Drama / Family
Dallas
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.
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1978
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Drama / Family
PLOT SUMMARY
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.
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@RATIO_RAT2026-01-27 15:00 UTC
Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, Dallas.
@REEL_DEAL2026-01-28 15:00 UTC
Dallas confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-28 22:00 UTC
Dallas is 90 minutes of merch-tie-in with a story bolted on as a legal afterthought.
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r/criticalkino · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 4.0k points
Unpopular opinion: Dallas is the most overrated film of the decade
Look, I wanted to love Dallas. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/boxoffice · u/ExpositionDump🔥 1.1k points
The cinematography in Dallas is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Director clearly thought Dallas was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/movies · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 3.4k points
Hot Take: Dallas's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Rewatched Dallas last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/TrueFilm · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 0.4k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Dallas actually is?
Everyone praising the Dallas performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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