Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros., Hawk Films, Peregrine
 
Distributor
Film Classics Inc., Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Pictures [us], Screen Gems
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1941
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
starring Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers, Warren William, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, directed by George Waggner, written by Curt Siodmak, horror, Universal horror, werewolf, gypsy, curse, transformation, make-up effects, atmospheric, melancholic, classic, iconic, special effects, brooding, unsettling, melancholic, short, quick pace, great story, terrific cast, memorable, defining actor, cinematic medium, riveting, impressive, simple, effective, reliable remake, transformation, American Werewolf in London, top horror movies, RT Podcasts, MCU movies, Netflix series, TV premiere dates, worst horror movies, best Netflix series
 

Cast & Crew

Lon Chaney Jr.

Claude Rains

Ralph Bellamy

Evelyn Ankers

Warren William

Larry Talbot

Sir John Talbot

Col. Paul Montford

Gwen Conliffe

Dr. Lloyd

Lon Chaney Jr. – Larry Talbot, Wolf Man
Claude Rains – Sir John Talbot
Ralph Bellamy – Col. Paul Montford
Evelyn Ankers – Gwen Conliffe
Warren William – Dr. Lloyd
Patric Knowles – Frank Andrews
Bela Lugosi – Man/Werewolf (uncredited)
Maria Ouspenskaya – Maleva (uncredited)
George Waggner – Director/Producer
Curt Siodmak – Writer
Jack Pierce – Makeup Artist
Joseph A. Valentine – Cinematographer
Bernard B. Brown – Art Director
Russell A. Gausman – Art Director
Nathan Levinson – Sound Designer
Hans J. Salter – Composer

 

George Waggner

Curt Siodmak

George Waggner

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
George Waggner
 
Writer(s)
Curt Siodmak
 
Producer(s)
George Waggner

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Keith Phipps

SMH Staff

Age Staff

THR Staff

Variety Staff

AV Club

Sydney Morning Herald

The Age (Australia)

Hollywood Reporter

Variety

THE WOLF MAN
 All Critics (42) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (4)
 It finds modern sophistication and cultured intellects unprepared to deal with a threat that’s already at hand, maybe even under our own skin.
 
 April 13, 2020 | Rating: B+
 
 Keith Phipps
 AV Club
 TOP CRITIC
 The whole thing is nonsensical, but occasionally strangely compelling.
 
 April 13, 2020
 
 SMH Staff
 Sydney Morning Herald
 TOP CRITIC
 Lon Chaney, junior, has his first big role as The Wolf Man, but it would take a genius to “get away” with this role.
 
 April 13, 2020
 
 Age Staff
 The Age (Australia)
 TOP CRITIC
 The Wolf Man serves its horror straight. A very substantial cast undertakes to sell believably a tale of superstitious folklore.
 
 April 7, 2015
 
 THR Staff
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 The Wolf Man is a compactly-knit tale of its kind, with good direction and performances by an above par assemblage of players, but dubious entertainment.
 
 October 8, 2008
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 A stodgy Universal thriller from 1941, redeemed by a name-heavy cast and by Lon Chaney Jr.’s lumbering, affable performance in the title role.
 
 October 8, 2008
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 Essential for devising the modern concept of the werewolf, from which nearly every subsequent werewolf film has drawn inspiration, the film uses the guise of a horror yarn to consider the duality of human beings.
 
 March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Brian Eggert
 Deep Focus Review
 This is a classic horror movie that’s showing its age.
 
 November 9, 2021 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Brian Costello
 Common Sense Media
 Ironically, The Wolf Man is stronger and creepier in the scenes without the wolf man.
 
 April 13, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Daniel Barnes
 Sacramento News & Review
 This vehicle features Lom Chaney, jr., as a rather pathetic, and certainly unawesomely made-up. werewolf as the Thing which severs innocents’ jugular veins in the mists of English moors.
 
 April 13, 2020
 
 J.W. Stepp
 Washington Star
 The original and only entry in the Wolf Man series that I truly like. Lon Chaney, Jr. was born to play the troubled Larry Talbot, a guy who gets bitten by a werewolf (Bela Lugosi) and openly laments his future as the hairiest man in Europe. Nicely done.
 
 October 26, 2014 | Rating: B+
 
 Paul Chambers
 Movie Chambers
 Horror movies today rely on gore and as many jump out of your seat moments as they can throw at you. This one relies on old fashioned atmosphere and acting ability and that’s all it really needs.
 
 October 13, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Scott Nash
 Three Movie Buffs…

 

Plot
Larry Talbot finds himself in an asylum, recovering from an operation performed by the kindly Dr. Mannering. Inspector Owen finds him there, too, wanting to question him about a recent spate of murders. Talbot escapes and finds Maleva, the old gypsy woman who knows his secret: when the moon is full, he changes to a werewolf. She travels with him to locate the one man who can help him to die – Dr. Frankenstein. The brilliant doctor proves to be dead himself, but they do find Frankenstein’s daughter. Talbot begs her for her father’s papers containing the secrets of life and death. She doesn’t have them, so he goes to the ruins of the Frankenstein castle to find them himself. There he finds the Monster, whom he chips out of a block of ice. Dr. Mannering catches up with him only to become tempted to monomania while using Frankenstein’s old equipment.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Lon Chaney Jr. delivers an affecting performance as Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Lionsgate, Mosaic, Netflix, Relativity Media LLC
 
Distributor
Universal Pictures, Criterion Collection, MCA/Universal Pictures [us]
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
London, England, United Kingdom
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1940
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
Comedy, W.C Fields, Egbert Sousé, Cora Witherspoon, Agatha Sousé, Una Merkel, Myrtle Sousé, Evelyn Del Rio, Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé, Jessie Ralph, Mrs Hermisillo Brunch, Franklin Pangborn, J Pinkerton Snoopington, Bank Examiner, Edward F Cline, Edward Muhl, Nate Blumberg, written by W.C Fields, Universal Pictures, Criterion Collection, MCA/Universal Pictures [us], box office performance, budget, reviewed by Dave Kehr, Bosley Crowther, Roger Ebert, Mattie Lucas, Matt Brunson, Mike Massie, Emanuel Levy, Dennis Schwartz, Jake Euker, Carol Cling, Philip Martin, MPAA rating, directed by Edward F Cline, produced by Edward Muhl, Nate Blumberg, comedy movie, slapstick humor, bank robbery, security guard, mining company, charlatan, bank inspector, unexpected hero, brave, job, shares, teller, bank money, scheme, surprise appearance, 1940, English, 1h 14m, Nov 29, 1940 Original, Nov 9, 2004, Mono, 35mm, Flat (1.37:1)
 

Cast & Crew

W.C. Fields

Egbert Sousé

Cora Witherspoon

Agatha Sousé

Una Merkel

Egbert Sousé

Agatha Sousé

Myrtle Sousé

Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé

Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch

W.C. Fields – Egbert Sousé
Cora Witherspoon – Agatha Sousé
Una Merkel – Myrtle Sousé
Evelyn Del Rio – Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé
Jessie Ralph – Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
Franklin Pangborn – J. Pinkerton Snoopington, Bank Examiner
Director – Edward F. Cline
Producer – Edward Muhl, Nate Blumberg
Writer – W.C. Fields

 

Edward F. Cline

W.C. Fields

Edward Muhl

Nate Blumberg

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Edward F. Cline
 
Writer(s)
W.C. Fields
 
Producer(s)
Edward Muhl, Nate Blumberg

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Dave Kehr

Bosley Crowther

Roger Ebert

Mattie Lucas

Matt Brunson

Chicago Reader

New York Times

Chicago Sun-Times

From the Front Row

Film Frenzy

THE BANK DICK
 All Critics (24) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (24)
 This 1940 film seems to spring straight from his cranky, beleaguered, convoluted personality, with no concessions made to film form, audience enjoyment, or common sense, and still it’s very funny in a desultory, strangely private kind of way.
 
 April 1, 2008
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 For anyone who simply likes to laugh at the reckless manities of an inspired buffoon, we recommend The Bank Dick. It’s great fun.
 
 March 25, 2006 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Bosley Crowther
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Probably Fields’ best film.
 
 February 13, 2001 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Roger Ebert
 Chicago Sun-Times
 TOP CRITIC
 There’s a hilarious sense of nonchalance about the whole thing, and if Fields and Cline are just throwing everything they’ve got at this thing and seeing what works as the film is unfolding.
 
 November 29, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Mattie Lucas
 From the Front Row
 Arguably stands as Fields’ finest achievement.
 
 November 13, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Matt Brunson
 Film Frenzy
 It’s a prominently jumbled picture, switching from one gimmick to the next in a haphazard manner.
 
 August 3, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 June 30, 2005 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Emanuel Levy
 EmanuelLevy.Com
 Like money in the bank.
 
 January 11, 2005 | Rating: B
 
 Dennis Schwartz
 Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
 October 30, 2004 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Jake Euker
 F5 (Wichita, KS)
 November 7, 2003 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Carol Cling
 Las Vegas Review-Journal
 May 5, 2003 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Philip Martin
 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
 Not Fields’ best, but a classic all the same.
 
 January 16, 2003 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Ken Hanke
 Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)…

 

Plot
A bumbling man named Egbert Sousé becomes an unlikely hero when he accidentally stops a bank robbery, leading to a job as a bank guard and a scheme to buy shares in a mining company in the 1940 comedy film “The Bank Dick.”
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny or odd comment about the film Signed in on Fresh Kernels.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Spinal Tap Prod. Goldcrest Films, International,
 
Distributor
United Artists
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1940
 

 
Genre(s)
Mystery & thriller
 
Keyword(s)
starring Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Basserman, Robert Benchley, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison, Ben Hecht, Robert Benchley, James Hilton, mystery, thriller, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Kim Newman, Keith Phipps, Dave Kehr, Bosley Crowther, Geoff Andrew, Brian Eggert, Nicholas Bell, Tony Sloman, Mike Massie, Danielle Solzman, James T Hamada, MPAA rating, United Artists, crime reporter, spy ring, international intrigue, political thriller, propaganda, Battle of Britain, love story, cinematography, set pieces, windmill, Westminster Cathedral Tower, airplane, conference, patriotism, anti-Nazi statement
 

Cast & Crew

Joel McCrea

John Jones

Laraine Day

Carol Fisher

Herbert Marshall

John Jones

Carol Fisher

Stephen Fisher

Scott Ffolliott

Van Meer

Joel McCrea – John Jones
Laraine Day – Carol Fisher
Herbert Marshall – Stephen Fisher
George Sanders – Scott Ffolliott
Albert Basserman – Van Meer
Robert Benchley – Stebbins

 

Alfred Hitchcock

Charles Bennett

NA

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Alfred Hitchcock
 
Writer(s)
Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison, Ben Hecht, Robert Benchley, James Hilton
 
Producer(s)
NA

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 6 Oscars
1 win & 6 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Kim Newman

Keith Phipps

Dave Kehr

Variety Staff

Bosley Crowther

Empire Magazine

The Dissolve

Chicago Reader

Variety

New York Times

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
  All Critics (43) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (2)
  Heavy-handed but still poignant patriotism in this Hitchcock thriller.
 
  November 3, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Kim Newman
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s such an entertaining film that it’s almost possible to forget its didactic agenda, which is certainly part of the point.
 
  February 20, 2014 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Keith Phipps
  The Dissolve
  TOP CRITIC
  This film contains one of Hitchcock’s most famous set pieces — an assassination in the rain — but otherwise remains a second-rate effort, as immensely enjoyable as it is.
 
  March 27, 2009
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  Story is essentially the old cops-and-robbers. But it has been set in a background of international political intrigue of the largest order.
 
  March 26, 2009
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Into it Director Alfred Hitchcock, whose unmistakable stamp the picture bears, has packed about as much romantic action, melodramatic hullabaloo, comical diversion and illusion of momentous consequence as the liveliest imagination could conceive.
 
  January 28, 2006 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Bosley Crowther
  New York Times
  TOP CRITIC
  Hitchcock’s espionage thriller is a thoroughly enjoyable affair, complete with some of his most memorable set pieces.
 
  January 26, 2006
 
  Geoff Andrew
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  The film can be seen as more than simply escapism but an entrenched anti-Nazi statement by a seemingly apolitical filmmaker.
 
  March 5, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  Though suffering from the effect of too many cooks in the writing kitchen, it’s a title as filled with plot twists as it is wit, as well as Hitchcock’s signature elaborate set pieces.
 
  November 12, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Nicholas Bell
  IONCINEMA.com
  The plot’s twists and turns are cleverly and wittily maintained, and the supporting cast is impeccably chosen…
 
  November 3, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Tony Sloman
  Radio Times
  The extreme coincidences are slightly more than average for Hitchcock’s typically heavily-scrutinized storytelling design.
 
  August 5, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  One of two films directed by Hitchcock in 1940, Foreign Correspondent was just the beginning of his rise in American cinema.
 
  April 28, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Danielle Solzman
  Solzy at the Movies
  Alfred Hitchcock has directed another smash hit.
 
  April 14, 2020
 
  James T. Hamada
  The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu)…

 

Plot
Johnny Jones is an action reporter on a New York newspaper. The editor appoints him European correspondent because he is fed up with the dry, reports he currently gets. Jones’ first assignment is to get the inside story on a secret treaty agreed between two European countries by the famous diplomat, Mr. Van Meer. However things don’t go to plan and Jones enlists the help of a young woman to help track down a group of spies.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast of Foreign Correspondent includes Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, and Robert Benchley.
 

 
Alfred-Hitchcock.jpg

 
Production Company(ies)
Bi Bi Film, Rai Fiction, Film Commission Torino-Piemonte
 
Distributor
Walt Disney Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Tuscany, Italy
 
MPAA / Certificate

 
Year of Release
1940
 

 
Genre(s)
Fantasy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Dickie Jones, directed by Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, written by Carlo Collodi, produced by Walt Disney, Fantasy, G, box office gross $18.7M, reviewed by THR Staff, Jake Wilson, Kate Cameron, Charles Solomon, Steven D Greydanus, Eric Henderson, Bill Chambers, Film Daily Staff, Mike Massie, Allen Almachar, Larry Vitacco, Pinocchio, Geppetto, Blue Fairy, Jiminy Cricket, Honest John, Lampwick, Stromboli, The Coachman, Barker, J Worthington Foul Fellow, Christian Rub, Evelyn Venable, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Charles Judels
 

Cast & Crew

Don Brodie

Walter Catlett

Frankie Darro

Cliff Edwards

Dickie Jones

Barker

J. Worthington Foul Fellow

Lampwick

Jiminy Cricket

Pinocchio

Don Brodie – Barker (Voice)
Walter Catlett – J. Worthington Foul Fellow (Voice)
Frankie Darro – Lampwick (Voice)
Cliff Edwards – Jiminy Cricket (Voice)
Dickie Jones – Pinocchio (Voice)
Charles Judels – Stromboli, The Coachman (Voice)

 

Ben Sharpsteen

NA

Walt Disney

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
Walt Disney

 

Film Festivals
Berlin
 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

THR Staff

Jake Wilson

Kate Cameron

Charles Solomon

Steven D. Greydanus

Hollywood Reporter

The Age (Australia)

New York Daily News

Los Angeles Times

Decent Films

PINOCCHIO
 All Critics (57) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (57)
 Taken as a whole, the picture is a masterpiece which sets another milestone along the road of screen entertainment.
 
 February 25, 2020
 
 THR Staff
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 This 1940 Disney adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s novel…combin[es] comedy, pathos and nightmare in a free, rapid, genuinely imaginative way.
 
 September 21, 2018
 
 Jake Wilson
 The Age (Australia)
 TOP CRITIC
 Walt Disney has waved his magic wand over Collodi’s world-famous fairy story, “Pinocchio,” and presto! he has changed it into the most enchanting film ever brought to the screen.
 
 February 6, 2016 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Kate Cameron
 New York Daily News
 TOP CRITIC
 Although it may lack the heart-tugging appeal of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the consensus among animation fans is that 1940’s Pinocchio remains the most perfect animated feature Walt Disney produced.
 
 November 15, 2013
 
 Charles Solomon
 Los Angeles Times
 TOP CRITIC
 In spirit a classical European fairy tale, full of wonder and terror … a pinnacle of artistic achievement that, after Bambi, classic Disney would never even try to match again.
 
 March 17, 2009 | Rating: A+
 
 Steven D. Greydanus
 Decent Films
 TOP CRITIC
 Nope, no perverted subtext here.
 
 March 10, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Eric Henderson
 Slant Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 When Geppetto weeps with desperate pride at his imperfect offspring, it captures the bittersweet madness of parenthood as eloquently as any work of art ever has.
 
 March 3, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Bill Chambers
 Film Freak Central
 Walt Disney and his small army of adaptors, animators, and lyric and music writers [have] made the characters of a famous story so captivating and enchanting that the picture is certain to charm children of all ages from 6 to 60 — and over.
 
 January 27, 2021
 
 Film Daily Staff
 The Film Daily
 On the technical front, the animation is nothing short of masterful, using elaborate perspective shots that would be unique even in live-action filmmaking.
 
 August 14, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs may have proven that Walt Disney could make a feature length animated film, but it was Pinocchio that showed the medium reaching high art.
 
 July 11, 2020
 
 Allen Almachar
 The MacGuffin
 The animation is, of course, superb, finely detailed and masterful in execution — the Monstro whale sequence a standout.
 
 May 27, 2020
 
 Larry Vitacco
 Philadelphia Gay News
 Pinocchio (1940), Disney’s second feature-length animated film followed after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), and was produced during Disney’s heyday from 1937-1942 of animated classics…
 
 September 29, 2019 | Rating: A+
 
 Tim Dirks
 Filmsite…

 

Plot
When a woodworker wishes for his puppet to become a real boy, the Blue Fairy grants his wish and assigns Jiminy Cricket to be the boy’s conscience. However, Pinocchio falls into the hands of the deceitful Honest John and ends up on Pleasure Island.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels doesn’t say anything goofy or funny about Pinocchio, but they do mention the talented voice cast, including Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket and Dickie Jones as Pinocchio.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Selznick International Pictures,,
 
Distributor
United Artists
 
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (Netflix), Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Big Sur, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Approved
 
Year of Release
1940
 

 
Genre(s)
Mystery & thriller
 
Keyword(s)
starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Daphne Du Maurier, Philip MacDonald, Michael Hogan, Robert E Sherwood, Joan Harrison, Barbara Keon, mystery, thriller, Gothic, suspense, haunting atmosphere, box office success, budget, reviewed by Katherine Howard, Ian Coster, Otis Ferguson, Mildred Martin, Mae Tinee, Colvin McPherson, Francois Truffaut, L.B Powell, T.C Kemp, David Reddish, Chase Burns, released in 1940, produced by David O Selznick, MPAA rating, United Artists, Mono sound mix, Flat aspect ratio
 

Cast & Crew

Laurence Olivier

George Fortescu Maximillian ‘Maxim’ de Winter

Joan Fontaine

Judith Anderson

George Sanders

George Fortescu Maximillian ‘Maxim’ de Winter

The Second Mrs. de Winter

Mrs. Danvers

Jack Favell

Major Giles Lacy

Laurence Olivier – George Fortescu Maximillian ‘Maxim’ de Winter
Joan Fontaine – The Second Mrs. de Winter
Judith Anderson – Mrs. Danvers
George Sanders – Jack Favell
Nigel Bruce – Major Giles Lacy
Reginald Denny – Frank Crawley

 

Alfred Hitchcock

Daphne Du Maurier

David O. Selznick

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Alfred Hitchcock
 
Writer(s)
Daphne Du Maurier, Philip MacDonald, Michael Hogan, Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison, Barbara Keon
 
Producer(s)
David O. Selznick

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
7 wins & 10 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Katherine Howard

Ian Coster

Otis Ferguson

Mildred Martin

Mae Tinee

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

London Evening Standard

The New Republic

Philadelphia Inquirer

Chicago Tribune

REBECCA
  All Critics (102) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (101) | Rotten (1)
  Don’t go to Rebecca thinking you will see some sort of horror or freak movie. It is not a Frankenstein, but an intensely dramatic piece with all the suspense and emotional appeal you could cram into one movie.
 
  March 24, 2022
 
  Katherine Howard
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
  TOP CRITIC
  Hitch concentrates on telling the story. He tells it beautifully, but without the filmic asides for which he is celebrated.
 
  March 24, 2022
 
  Ian Coster
  London Evening Standard
  TOP CRITIC
  They could have made the last half first, and then saved the first half for a bit of Guy Fawkes bonfire. Unfortunately they didn’t; so the whole thing runs off in fireproof projection booths for two hours and a quarter and the audience burns instead.
 
  April 12, 2021
 
  Otis Ferguson
  The New Republic
  TOP CRITIC
  [Hitchcock] has succeeded brilliantly In his initial Hollywood venture. In his Individual fashion, he has re-told in his own creepy, colorful way Miss du Maurier’s forbidding, fascinating story of life and death, malignancy and murder.
 
  April 12, 2021
 
  Mildred Martin
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  TOP CRITIC
  I didn’t think they could do it! Capture the suspense, the horror, the beauty, and the strange eeriness of Rebecca, the book. But they have! The screen version is subtle, electrifying — and almost as fascinating as the novel.
 
  April 12, 2021
 
  Mae Tinee
  Chicago Tribune
  TOP CRITIC
  Fog, shipwreck, an insane man wandering the beach, water-soaked corpses, inquests, forbidden chambers and finally a destroying fire in a big English country house — all these flesh-curling delights are to be found in Rebecca.
 
  April 12, 2021
 
  Colvin McPherson
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  TOP CRITIC
  Rebecca has to be seen. Above all, it has to be seen a second time.
 
  May 9, 2022
 
  Francois Truffaut
  Arts (France)
  There is not a moment… when the camera is not used with cunning confidence… Add to that the usual brilliance of Laurence Olivier and the fact that Joan Fontaine attains a new high level in her career, and you know why this is a first-rate picture.
 
  March 24, 2022
 
  L.B. Powell
  Birmingham Mail
  Alfred Hitchcock has made a first-class job of the production. He decorates the manor of Mandeley with his customary touch of mystery and imagination.
 
  March 24, 2022
 
  T.C. Kemp
  Birmingham Post
  Viewed 80 years on, Rebecca still ranks as one of Hitchcocks best movies, and one of the great suspense thrillers. Give it a watch, fall in love with its twisted story, and judge its treatment of its gay lead for yourself.
 
  March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  David Reddish
  Queerty
  Hitchcock’s film is long, dark, and important…
 
  December 9, 2021
 
  Chase Burns
  The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
  Rebecca was Alfred Hitchcock’s first Hollywood movie after a stellar run in his native England — to say that it proved to be a potent calling card would be putting it mildly.
 
  October 11, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy…

 

Plot
A shy lady’s companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter (Sir Laurence Olivier). She and Max fall in love, marry, and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca, in a boating accident the year before. The second Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine) clashes with the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers (Dame Judith Anderson), and discovers that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at Manderley.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast of Rebecca includes Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders, Nigel Bruce, and Reginald Denny.
 

 
Alfred-Hitchcock.jpg

 
Production Company(ies)
R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg
 
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios – 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1940
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, Ernest Truex, directed by Howard Hawks, written by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Charles Lederer, produced by Howard Hawks, comedy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Katherine Howard, Mae Tinee, Kate Cameron, Mildred Martin, Charles E Ward, Globe Staff, Brian Eggert, Virginia Wright, Frank Morriss, Ruth Lewis, Douglas M Fellows, Harold V Cohen, MPAA rating, screwball romantic comedy, investigative reporter, newspaper editor, ex-wife, insurance agent, convicted murderer, innocence, reporter instincts, Columbia Pictures, Mono, 35mm, Anchored performances, definitive, Rio Bravo, What’s Up, Doc?, Steamboat Bill, Jr., How to Steal a Million, Sullivan’s Travels
 

Cast & Crew

Cary Grant

Rosalind Russell

Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart

Helen Mack

Walter Burns

Hildegard “Hildy” Johnson

Bruce Baldwin

Sheriff Peter B. “Pinky” Hartwell

Mollie Malloy

Cary Grant – Walter Burns
Rosalind Russell – Hildegard “Hildy” Johnson
Ralph Bellamy – Bruce Baldwin
Gene Lockhart – Sheriff Peter B. “Pinky”‘Hartwell
Helen Mack – Mollie Malloy
Ernest Truex – Roy V. Bensinger

 

Howard Hawks

Ben Hecht

Howard Hawks

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Howard Hawks
 
Writer(s)
Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Charles Lederer
 
Producer(s)
Howard Hawks

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Katherine Howard

Mae Tinee

Kate Cameron

Mildred Martin

Charles E. Ward

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Chicago Tribune

New York Daily News

Philadelphia Inquirer

Miami Herald

HIS GIRL FRIDAY
  All Critics (101) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (100) | Rotten (1)
  It is with a great deal of envy that this real Girl Friday reports on the reel Girl Friday who cavorts on the [screen in] His Girl Friday. We can only say: It must have been wonderful to work in the “dark ages” of newspapering.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Katherine Howard
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
  TOP CRITIC
  This farcical film is smartly acted, dialoged, and directed. It has nary a “Go” light for boredom.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Mae Tinee
  Chicago Tribune
  TOP CRITIC
  The picture is a blessed relief from most of the solemn and oppressively sad stories that have been occupying New York screens since before the holidays, and it moves Rosalind Russell to the very top of the roster of Hollywood’s cleverest comediennes.
 
  October 14, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Kate Cameron
  New York Daily News
  TOP CRITIC
  Fast, funny and vastly entertaining, His Girl Friday is, if anything, brighter and breezier than The Front Page of which it is a brilliant remake.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Mildred Martin
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  TOP CRITIC
  Wisecracks and jibes march across the screen in double time in the film His Girl Friday as a woman reporter and an editor engage in a sort of romantic blitzkreig.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Charles E. Ward
  Miami Herald
  TOP CRITIC
  Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant rush through the picture in the highest spirits and from appearance the entire cast must have had a gay time on the set.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Globe Staff
  Boston Globe
  TOP CRITIC
  A film resting on the speed and timing of its delivery, as well as the talent of Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday remains a whimsical classic whose sheer velocity earned Hawks boasting rights over Milestone’s earlier version.
 
  March 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant are perfectly paired. Their comedy performances set a new speed record on the screen.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Virginia Wright
  Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles)
  There are few breathing spells in His Girl Friday. The film starts out at a breakneck speed, and continues it all the way through.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Frank Morriss
  Winnipeg Free Press
  Miss Russell’s lively interpretation is good and the repartee between her and Cary Grant fun.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Ruth Lewis
  Austin American-Statesman
  It’s Rosalind Russell’s picture, of that there can be no doubt. She’s In practically every scene and keeps the excitement moving like a house afire.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Douglas M. Fellows
  Hartford Courant
  [Russell] plays it with a fine comedienne’s consummate touch, turning on the steam when the heat is on and sparking the mounting crescendo of excitement with a performance that stays at the boiling point every inch of the way.
 
  October 14, 2021
 
  Harold V. Cohen
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…

 

Plot
Having been away for four months, Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) walks into the offices of the New York City-based The Morning Post, where she is a star reporter, to tell her boss, editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), that she is quitting. The reason for her absence was among other things to get a Reno divorce, from, of all people, Walter, who admits he was a bad husband. Hildy divorced Walter largely because she wanted more of a home life, whereas Walter saw her more as a driven hard-boiled reporter than subservient homemaker. Hildy has also come to tell Walter that she is taking the afternoon train to Albany, where she will be getting married tomorrow to staid straight-laced insurance agent, Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy), with whose mother (Alma Kruger) they will live, at least for the first year. Walter doesn’t want to lose Hildy, either as a reporter or a wife, and if he does, doesn’t believe Bruce is worthy of her. Walter does whatever he can at least to delay Hildy and Bruce’s trip, long enough to persuade Hildy to stay for good. His plan includes doing whatever he can to place Bruce in a bad light, while dangling a big story under her nose, namely covering what the newspaper believes is the unfair imminent execution of convicted cop killer, Earl Williams (John Qualen). Hildy doesn’t trust Walter in dealing with her and Bruce in an above-board manner, but the lure of what potentially may become the biggest story in years, which includes true love, a bumbling sheriff (Gene Lockhart) and a corrupt mayor (Clarence Kolb), the latter’s actions largely in light of an upcoming election, may prove to be too much for Hildy to resist, especially if it ends up being an exclusive. Regardless of the story outcome, Hildy will have to decide if the thrill of the chase was worth the anguish on her personal life.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Rosalind Russell’s performance in His Girl Friday is hailed as one of the greatest comedic performances in film history.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion, Bayerischer Rundfunk ARTE
 
Distributor
20th Century Fox
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Santa Rosa, New Mexico, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1940
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)

Cast & Crew

Henry Fonda

Tom Joad

Jane Darwell

Ma Joad

John Carradine

Tom Joad

Ma Joad

Casy

Grandpa

Rosasharn

Henry Fonda – Tom Joad
Jane Darwell – Ma Joad
John Carradine – Casy
Charley Grapewin – Grandpa
Dorris Bowdon – Rosasharn
Russell Simpson – Pa Joad

 

John Ford

Nunnally Johnson

Darryl F. Zanuck

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Ford
 
Writer(s)
Nunnally Johnson
 
Producer(s)
Darryl F. Zanuck

 

Film Festivals
Berlin
 
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
10 wins & 5 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Otis Ferguson

Nell Minow

Chuck Bowen

Dave Kehr

Whittaker Chambers

The New Republic

Common Sense Media

Slant Magazine

Chicago Reader

TIME Magazine

THE GRAPES OF WRATH
  All Critics (48) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (48)
  Movies will probably go on improving and broadening themselves; but in any event, The Grapes of Wrath is the most mature picture story that has ever been made, in feeling, in purpose, and in the use of the medium.
 
  August 29, 2012
 
  Otis Ferguson
  The New Republic
  TOP CRITIC
  Classic John Steinbeck adaptation is still powerful.
 
  December 28, 2010 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Nell Minow
  Common Sense Media
  TOP CRITIC
  The Grapes of Wrath is flawed, but it captures that shiver of panic that grips anyone for whom the money for the next meal is unknown.
 
  November 22, 2010 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Chuck Bowen
  Slant Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Ford’s admirers have rightly tended to play this down in favor of his later and more personal westerns, but there’s much to admire here in Gregg Toland’s sun-beaten photography and Henry Fonda’s meticulous performance.
 
  April 27, 2009
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  The Grapes of Wrath is possibly the best picture ever made from a so-so book.
 
  April 27, 2009
 
  Whittaker Chambers
  TIME Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  It is an absorbing, tense melodrama, starkly realistic, and loaded with social and political fireworks.
 
  March 26, 2009
 
  John C. Flinn Sr.
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  The Grapes Of Wrath deserves to be remembered and revered because, sadly, it’s as relevant today as it was in 1940.
 
  October 29, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Matt Neal
  ABC Radio (Australia)
  A stunning book. A heartfelt film.
 
  September 9, 2020 | Rating: 4.0/4.0
 
  Richard Propes
  TheIndependentCritic.com
  With little action, no special effects, and plenty of straightforward dramatic suffering, it’s a tough watch for anyone accustomed to storytelling full of small wins.
 
  August 5, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  The Grapes of Wrath narrates with feeling a melodrama turned into a graphic and resounding document. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
  August 27, 2019
 
  Diego Galán
  El Pais (Spain)
  Despite its age, The Grapes Of Wrath remains watchable throughout and is a highly effective piece of cinema
 
  January 26, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Jennie Kermode
  Eye for Film
  The Grapes of Wrath is, in fact, the greatest master- piece the screen has ever produced; in it John Ford has established in vivid and inescapable terms the knowledge of good and evil.
 
  November 3, 2015
 
  Basil Wright
  The Spectator…

 

Plot
The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck’s iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. After their drought-ridden farm is seized by the bank, the family
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Henry Fonda plays the lead role of Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath.
 

 
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Awards & Nominations
NA
 

Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)

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Streaming Platforms
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Production Company(ies)
Dreamworks Pictures, Kemp Company, Splendid Pictures,
 
Distributor
Warner Home Vídeo, United Artists, UCLA Film and Television Archive [us]
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Monument Valley, Utah, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1939
 

 
Genre(s)
Western
 
Keyword(s)
Western, John Ford, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Thomas Mitchell, Dudley Nichols, Ben Hecht, Ernest Haycox, Warner Home Video, United Artists, UCLA Film and Television Archive, box office, budget, critic reviews, MPAA rating, produced by John Ford, directed by John Ford, written by Dudley Nichols, reviewed by Variety Staff, reviewed by TIME Staff, reviewed by Lon Jones, reviewed by Dave Kehr, reviewed by Simon Braund, reviewed by Roger Ebert, reviewed by Mike Massie, reviewed by David Parkinson, reviewed by Courier Mail Staff, reviewed by Josephine O’Neill, reviewed by Jay Carmody, John Carradine, Andy Devine, Louise Platt, Western genre, Wild West, Overland stagecoach, Lordsburg, New Mexico, Apache attack, Ringo Kid, John Ford’s dynamic direction, John Wayne’s mesmerizing star turn
 

Cast & Crew

John Wayne

Claire Trevor

Andy Devine

John Carradine

Thomas Mitchell

The Ringo Kid aka Henry

Dallas

Buck

Hatfield

Dr. Josiah Boone

John Wayne – The Ringo Kid aka Henry
Claire Trevor – Dallas
Andy Devine – Buck
John Carradine – Hatfield
Thomas Mitchell – Dr. Josiah Boone
Louise Platt – Lucy Mallory

 

John Ford

Ernest Haycox

John Ford

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Ford
 
Writer(s)
Ernest Haycox, Dudley Nichols, Ben Hecht
 
Producer(s)
John Ford

 

Film Festivals
Berlin
 
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
8 wins & 7 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Variety Staff

TIME Staff

Lon Jones

Dave Kehr

Simon Braund

Variety

TIME Magazine

Sydney Morning Herald

Chicago Reader

Empire Magazine

STAGECOACH
  All Critics (45) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (45)
  Directorially, production is John Ford in peak form, sustaining interest and suspense throughout, and presenting exceptional characterizations. Picture is a display of photographic grandeur.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  The rugged background of Monument Valley, Ariz…, the admirable pace given to the screen play by Writer Dudley Nichols and Director John Ford, the unostentatious acting of a well-chosen cast make it one of the season’s most satisfactory pictures.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  TIME Staff
  TIME Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  One of the most fascinating motion pictures ever released is Walter Wanger’s Stagecoach, which definitely should go on your “must see” list. In fact, I urge you to go out of your way to see it.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  Lon Jones
  Sydney Morning Herald
  TOP CRITIC
  Its virtues remain intact.
 
  February 10, 2012
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  With this, Ford transformed the western from fading B-movie filler into genuine adult fare.
 
  February 10, 2012 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Simon Braund
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Seen today, Stagecoach may not seem very original. That’s because it influenced countless later movies in which a mixed bag of characters are thrown together by chance and forced to survive an ordeal.
 
  November 24, 2011 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Roger Ebert
  Chicago Sun-Times
  TOP CRITIC
  The characters are interesting, the politics and social class discord intriguing, and the action-oriented cinematography above standard.
 
  July 30, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Everything about this picture is perfection.
 
  February 18, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
 
  David Parkinson
  Radio Times
  The director has selected his players not because’ they are highly publicised stars, but because they are competent actors, who bring to life the characters they portray in a fashion that is highly entertaining.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  Courier Mail Staff
  Courier Mail (Australia)
  With Stagecoach, previous frontier sagas seem like flimsy pasteboard. Here, the old West really lies. Credit for the dusty realism and the vivid humanity of Stagecoach go to director John Ford and his team of nine character actors.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  Josephine O’Neill
  Daily Telegraph (Australia)
  Depending upon story rather than boxoffice names this narrative of the opening of the West manages to be one of the more significant achievements of the cinema in recent months.
 
  February 18, 2020
 
  Jay Carmody
  Washington Star
  Stagecoach is a western to end all westerns.
 
  October 22, 2019
 
  John Kinloch
  California Eagle…

 

Plot
A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client’s money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no mention of any cast members in the Fresh Kernels blurb for the film.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros., Heyday Films, 1492 Pictures,
 
Distributor
Fox
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Lincoln Memorial, National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1939
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
Waking Life, Drama, Richard Linklater, Wiley Wiggins, Anne Walker-McBay, Tommy Pallotta, Palmer West, Jonah Smith, R, English, Fox, Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby SR, Flat (1.85:1), $2.9M, 143 Reviews, 80% TOMATOMETER, 87% AUDIENCE SCORE, Dreams, Philosophy, Existentialism, Animation, Surreal, Smart screenplay, Talented ensemble cast, Transcending technology, Imaginative, Revolutionary breakthrough, Sleep-walking, Wake-walking, Wiley Wiggins as Main Character, Trevor Jack Brooks as Young Boy Playing Paper Game, Lorelei Linklater as Young Girl Playing Paper Game, Glover Gill as Accordion Player, Lara Hicks as Violin Player, Ames Asbell as Viola Player, Reviewed by Nell Minow, Susan Stark, Emanuel Levy, Kimberley Jones, Matthew Turner, Jeff Strickler, B Ruby Rich, Brian D Johnson, Kaleem Aftab, John A Nesbit, Nick Rogers, Felix Vasquez Jr
 

Cast & Crew

Wiley Wiggins

Trevor Jack Brooks

Lorelei Linklater

Glover Gill

Lara Hicks

Main Character

Young Boy Playing Paper Game

Young Girl Playing Paper Game

Accordion Player

Violin Player

Wiley Wiggins – Main Character (Voice)
Trevor Jack Brooks – Young Boy Playing Paper Game (Voice)
Lorelei Linklater – Young Girl Playing Paper Game (Voice)
Glover Gill – Accordion Player (Voice)
Lara Hicks – Violin Player (Voice)
Ames Asbell – Viola Player (Voice)

 

Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater

Anne Walker-McBay

Tommy Pallotta

Palmer West

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Richard Linklater
 
Writer(s)
Richard Linklater
 
Producer(s)
Anne Walker-McBay, Tommy Pallotta, Palmer West, Jonah Smith

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
6 wins & 16 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Nell Minow

Susan Stark

Emanuel Levy

Kimberley Jones

Matthew Turner

Common Sense Media

Detroit News

Variety

Austin Chronicle

Empire Magazine

WAKING LIFE
 All Critics (143) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (115) | Rotten (28)
 Love-it-or-hate-it film best for older teens.
 
 December 29, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Nell Minow
 Common Sense Media
 TOP CRITIC
 October 18, 2008 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Susan Stark
 Detroit News
 TOP CRITIC
 This inventive animated film, which takes Linklater back to his roots in Austin and Slacker, represents a summation of all the philosophical concerns that have defined him as spokesperson for Gen-X.
 
 October 31, 2006 | Rating: B+
 
 Emanuel Levy
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 The pictures are gorgeous, and the words, well, if you listen hard enough, the words say exactly what one needs to hear: that is, to wake up and live.
 
 March 10, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/5
 
 Kimberley Jones
 Austin Chronicle
 TOP CRITIC
 An intriguing and visually impressive film squarely aimed at the art house crowd.
 
 February 2, 2003 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Matthew Turner
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 For a movie heralded as the cutting edge of visual innovation, Waking Life is disappointingly dull in every other respect.
 
 November 6, 2002 | Rating: 2/4
 
 Jeff Strickler
 Minneapolis Star Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 Linklater and his animation collaborators have clearly had a lot of fun, morphing characters into their own conversational subjects, destabilizing their environs, throwing the material world into question.
 
 February 25, 2020
 
 B. Ruby Rich
 The Nation
 It is a dream -or rather a series of waking dreams that slip into one another like those Russian dolls. It also takes computer animation in a new direction.
 
 October 10, 2019
 
 Brian D. Johnson
 Maclean’s Magazine
 Waking Life looks stunning… Animation, thesis, questions!
 
 April 17, 2019 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Kaleem Aftab
 The List
 a commercial ripoff designed to confuse art-house patrons
 
 February 13, 2011 | Rating: D
 
 John A. Nesbit
 Old School Reviews
 A far-out-man poetry slam, art exhibit and imaginative philosophical discourse all at once drifts gently down a stream of consciousness until merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, “Waking Life” is but a dream. Who says existential fiction must be dreary?
 
 November 22, 2010 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Nick Rogers
 The Film Yap
 A brilliant film that provokes thought, idea, and conversations within the audience through its surreal animation and incredibly profound conversations.
 
 April 29, 2009
 
 Felix Vasquez Jr.
 Cinema Crazed…

 

Plot
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed on a lark by the spineless governor of his state. He is reunited with the state’s senior senator
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for Waking Life.
 

 
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