Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
82%RT Audience Score: 78%
Awards & Nominations: NA
It occasionally fails to live up to its subject matter — and is perhaps an ‘important’ film more than a ‘great’ one — but the performances from Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire are superb
Gentleman’s Agreement is a classic film that tackles the issue of anti-Semitism in a way that was groundbreaking for its time. While some critics may find fault with its approach, I found it to be a smart and engrossing drama that still feels relevant today. Plus, who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned Hollywood message movie? It’s like getting a history lesson and a morality tale all in one. So grab some popcorn and settle in for a film that will make you think and feel all the feels.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Darien, Connecticut, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
Year of Release
1948
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.37 : 1
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Runtime:1h 58m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 1947 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 2, 2004
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
Gentleman’s Agreement, drama, Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Elia Kazan, Laura Z Hobson, Moss Hart, Darryl F Zanuck, 20th Century Fox, anti-Semitism, New York City, journalist, empathy, bigotry, Jewish friend, love, relationship, important film, great performances, critic reviews, box office performance, budget, MPAA rating, producer names, reviewed by, directed by, written by
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Dorothy McGuire – Kathy Lacey
John Garfield – Dave Goldman
Celeste Holm – Anne Dettrey
Anne Revere – Mrs. Green
June Havoc – Ethel Wales, an Alias of Estelle Walofsky
Director – Elia Kazan
Producer – Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer – Laura Z. Hobson, Moss Hart
Director(s)
Elia Kazan
Writer(s)
Laura Z. Hobson, Moss Hart
Producer(s)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Film Festivals
Tribeca
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Picture Winners, Oscar Winners
All Critics (45) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (11)
The film is great stuff throughout, and Is well worth seeing.
January 23, 2020
Erle Cox (The Chiel)
The Age (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
Here is a great and moving film — the best that has come from an American studio for several years.
January 23, 2020
SMH Staff
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
The words ring out with clarity from the Mayfair screen and there is no mistaking their meaning. They are not lost on the wind, but hit you full in the face, making you sit up and take notice of the force behind them.
February 17, 2015
Kate Cameron
New York Daily News
TOP CRITIC
Agreement was tame, cautious stuff even back then.
February 19, 2013 | Rating: C+
Ty Burr
Entertainment Weekly
TOP CRITIC
By dispassionate critical standards, Gentleman’s Agreement is not a success. It is a tract rather than a play and it has the crusader’s shortcomings.
February 6, 2013
Robert Hatch
The New Republic
TOP CRITIC
The movie is as powerful today as when it captured the Best Picture Oscar a few years after Hitler’s genocide ended in Europe.
August 17, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/4
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
TOP CRITIC
In the end (aided by a momentous parting shot), the human drama feels just as powerful as the morals.
August 5, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Gentleman’s Agreement is the sort of film that contains the usual drama for a Zanuck movie but the subject matter is what makes the film so groundbreaking.
July 30, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
Gentleman’s Agreement still comes across as a smart, incisive, and engrossing drama, and although times have changed since 1947, the subject it so boldly tackles remains timely and relevant to this day.
January 24, 2020
David Sterritt
Turner Classic Movies Online
The film’s tone towards anti-Semitism is not the harsh note of intellectual indignation, but the polite murmur of argument. The film reduces a grave problem to dialogue.
January 23, 2020
Josephine O’Neill
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
It is brave in having something to say about a problem of living today and it is outspoken in the saying of it. It has been directed with rare understanding by Elia Kazan.
January 23, 2020
Harry MacArthur
Washington Star
Much of the ‘message’ is lost in a welter of words. Sentiment, too, is spread as thickly as we would like our rationed butter.
January 23, 2020
Nelson Burns (Te Pana)
Courier Mail (Australia)…
Plot
A journalist takes on an assignment about anti-Semitism and pretends to be Jewish in order to experience bigotry firsthand, leading to complications in his personal life.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Nothing to add here about Gentleman’s Agreement.
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