Production Company(ies)
Svensk Filmindustri
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Thurloe Place, South Kensington, London, England, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1965
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
starring Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark, James Villiers, directed by Roman Polanski, written by Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, David Stone, horror, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Andrew Sarris, Peter John Dyer, Derek Malcolm, David Jenkins, Peter Bradshaw, Tim Robey, Pauline Kael, Dwight MacDonald, Wendy Michener, Simon Miraudo, Tom Hutchinson, produced by Gene Gutowski, MPAA rating, rophobia, schizophrenia, hallucinations, mental breakdown, psychological thriller, British film, Carole Ledoux, Helene Ledoux, Michael, Colin, Landlord, John, mono sound mix, 35mm aspect ratio
 

Cast & Crew

Catherine Deneuve

Carole Ledoux

Yvonne Furneaux

Helene Ledoux

Ian Hendry

Carole Ledoux

Helene Ledoux

Michael

Colin

Landlord

Catherine Deneuve – Carole Ledoux
Yvonne Furneaux – Helene Ledoux
Ian Hendry – Michael
John Fraser – Colin
Patrick Wymark – Landlord
James Villiers – John

 

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Gene Gutowski

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Roman Polanski
 
Writer(s)
Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, David Stone
 
Producer(s)
Gene Gutowski

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
2 wins & 4 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Andrew Sarris

Peter John Dyer

Derek Malcolm

David Jenkins

Peter Bradshaw

Village Voice

Sight & Sound

London Evening Standard

Little White Lies

Guardian

REPULSION
  All Critics (65) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (62) | Rotten (3)
  Repulsion is the scariest if not actually the goriest Grand Guignol since Psycho.
 
  July 27, 2021
 
  Andrew Sarris
  Village Voice
  TOP CRITIC
  The rest of the film has that gurgling, soapy sound of muffed intentions going down the plug hole like bath water.
 
  March 31, 2020
 
  Peter John Dyer
  Sight & Sound
  TOP CRITIC
  Deneuve, as the woman whose fear of sexual contact is at the base of her neurosis, has seldom been less like her icy self.
 
  January 4, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Derek Malcolm
  London Evening Standard
  TOP CRITIC
  A film that expertly shows without ever telling, even while the symbolism is a mite heavy handed.
 
  January 3, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
  David Jenkins
  Little White Lies
  TOP CRITIC
  There can’t be many other films which so plausibly show an entire, warped world created from a single point of view.
 
  January 3, 2013 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s been an inspiration ever since for films about claustrophobic hysteria, but not necessarily in a good way …
 
  January 3, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Tim Robey
  Daily Telegraph (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Were we supposed to have found it entertaining? There’s more horror latent in this notion of the movie audience than in the film itself.
 
  February 27, 2020
 
  Pauline Kael
  Vogue
  The purest exercise in homicidal mania yet made, and the most singleminded.
 
  August 14, 2019
 
  Dwight MacDonald
  Esquire Magazine
  Repulsion is far more shocking, in fact, than anything Hitchcock ever made, because it can produce in the spectator the added shock of self-recognition, the hallmark of a real artwork.
 
  June 27, 2019
 
  Wendy Michener
  Maclean’s Magazine
  How much one remains held by all this probably depends on how much one is interested by the case-book aspect of Carol’s story, but at least there are ample visual compensations.
 
  March 16, 2015
 
  MFB Critics
  Monthly Film Bulletin
  The young Catherine Deneuve (she was 22 at the time of filming) gives a performance so unsettling and so precise, I can barely believe she grew into such a confident screen presence.
 
  October 21, 2014 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Simon Miraudo
  Quickflix
  Roman Polanski takes us on a deeply disturbing, hallucinatory trip into Catherine Deneuve’s mental breakdown in this British psychological thriller,
 
  October 6, 2013 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Tom Hutchinson
  Radio Times…

 

Plot
In London, Belgian immigrant Carol Ledoux shares an apartment with her older sister Helen, and works as a manicurist at a beauty salon. Helen uses the word “sensitive” to describe Carol’s overall demeanor, which is almost like she walks around in a daze, rarely speaking up about anything. When she does speak up, it generally is about something against one of those few issues on which she obsesses, such as Helen’s boyfriend Michael’s invasion of her space at the apartment. That specific issue may be more about men in general than just Michael’s actions, as witnessed by Carol being agitated by hearing Helen and Michael’s lovemaking, and she not being able to rebuff the advances effectively of a male suitor, Colin, who is infatuated with her. One of those other obsessive issues is noticing cracks and always wanting to fix them. While Helen and Michael leave on a vacation to Pisa, Italy, Carol chooses largely to lock herself in the apartment, ditching work. There, she is almost hypnotized by her solitude, which leads to her mental state deteriorating as those obsessions come to the fore. She quickly descends into madness, which ultimately also affects those that are trying to get in touch with her.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The young Catherine Deneuve gives a performance so unsettling and so precise, I can barely believe she grew into such a confident screen presence.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Little Monster Films, Itinerant Films, Parkes MacDonald Image Nation
 
Distributor
Criterion Collection, Embassy Pictures, Strand Releasing
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Isle of Capri, Naples, Campania, Italy
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1964
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, written by Jean-Luc Godard, Alberto Moravia, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by William J Nazzaro, Michael Wilmington, Chris Peachment, Jonathan Romney, Geoffrey Macnab, Kate Muir, Sean Axmaker, A.S Hamrah, David Nusair, Tom Meek, Simon Kinnear, produced by Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti, Joseph E Levine, MPAA rating, French (Canada), Criterion Collection, Embassy Pictures, Strand Releasing, mono sound mix, 35mm, Scope (2.35:1) aspect ratio
 

Cast & Crew

Brigitte Bardot

Camille Javal

Jack Palance

Jeremy Prokosch

Michel Piccoli

Camille Javal

Jeremy Prokosch

Paul Javal

Francesca Vanini

Fritz Lang

Brigitte Bardot – Camille Javal
Jack Palance – Jeremy Prokosch
Michel Piccoli – Paul Javal
Giorgia Moll – Francesca Vanini
Fritz Lang – Fritz Lang
Raoul Coutard – Cameraman

 

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Georges de Beauregard

Carlo Ponti

Joseph E. Levine

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Jean-Luc Godard
 
Writer(s)
Jean-Luc Godard, Alberto Moravia
 
Producer(s)
Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti, Joseph E. Levine

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

William J. Nazzaro

Michael Wilmington

Chris Peachment

Jonathan Romney

Geoffrey Macnab

Arizona Republic

Chicago Tribune

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Observer (UK)

Independent (UK)

CONTEMPT
  All Critics (59) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (54) | Rotten (5)
  Contempt could not be termed good or poor. It seems a little remote, and unless you are interested in films, or want to view some beautiful scenes of tasteful sensuality, you can pass it by.
 
  August 19, 2021
 
  William J. Nazzaro
  Arizona Republic
  TOP CRITIC
  “Contempt” transports us back to another era: an early ’60s world in which the classicism of the past…is juxtaposed with the emptiness and ennui of modern culture.
 
  February 4, 2019 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Michael Wilmington
  Chicago Tribune
  TOP CRITIC
  The film is about nothing but cinema itself, which gets a bit wearing, unless you are one of those people who like watching a movie in order to check off the references to other movies. Still, it’s a masterwork of some sort.
 
  November 29, 2017
 
  Chris Peachment
  Daily Telegraph (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Steeped in melancholy and a sense of mourning.
 
  January 3, 2016 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Jonathan Romney
  Observer (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  The miracle here is that for all its use of irony and self-reflexive devices, Le Mepris still ends up with a considerable emotional punch.
 
  January 1, 2016 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Geoffrey Macnab
  Independent (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  This is one of the French new wave master’s seminal films, a satire on the making of a Hollywood-style movie that exploits Bardot’s femme fatale Camille with no less aplomb than Hollywood itself.
 
  January 1, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Kate Muir
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  … [an] unlikely meeting between Godard’s anti-Hollywood sensibility and the showman aesthetic of (uncredited) producer Joseph E. Levine in an international co-production about the clash between art and commerce…
 
  May 7, 2022
 
  Sean Axmaker
  Stream on Demand
  This veiled criticism of dubbed sound in Italian movies, along with Lang’s explanation of unity in Homer, mirrors the couple’s break.
 
  January 26, 2021
 
  A.S. Hamrah
  n+1
  Predictably underwhelming…
 
  July 31, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/4
 
  David Nusair
  Reel Film Reviews
  Classic Godard, and a major cornerstone of the French New Wave.
 
  May 29, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Tom Meek
  Cambridge Day
  Few films have achieved such elegance.
 
  December 5, 2016 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Simon Kinnear
  Total Film
  Godard was the artist who tore cinema apart and rebuilt it to suit his own interests and ends.
 
  January 14, 2016 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Martyn Conterio
  CineVue…

 

Plot
Paul Javal is a writer who is hired to make a script for a new movie about Ulysses more commercial, which is to be directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Jeremy Prokosch. But because he let his wife Camille drive with Prokosch and he is late, she believes, he uses her as a sort of present for Prokosch to get get a better payment. So the relationship ends.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast includes Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, and Fritz Lang playing himself.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Complete Fiction Media Rights Capital,
 
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Bora Bora, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1962
 

 
Genre(s)
Adventure
 
Keyword(s)
Mutiny on the Bounty, Adventure, Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan, Dudley Digges, Frank Lloyd, Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, box office, budget, reviewed by Otis Ferguson, Alistair Cooke, SMH Staff, Kate Cameron, TIME Staff, Variety Staff, Eleanor Barnes, Meyer Levin, E de S Melcher, Adventure, English, Frank Lloyd, Irving Thalberg, Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson, Nov 8, 1935, MPAA rating, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Charles Laughton as Bligh, Clark Gable as Christian, Franchot Tone as Byam, Herbert Mundin as Smith, Eddie Quillan as Ellison, Dudley Digges as Bacchus, mutiny, HMS Bounty, Tahiti, sailor, revenge, Roger Byam, producer Frank Lloyd, Irving Thalberg
 

Cast & Crew

Charles Laughton

Clark Gable

Franchot Tone

Herbert Mundin

Eddie Quillan

Bligh

Christian

Byam

Smith

Ellison

– Charles Laughton as Bligh
– Clark Gable as Christian
– Franchot Tone as Byam
– Herbert Mundin as Smith
– Eddie Quillan as Ellison
– Dudley Digges as Bacchus

 

Frank Lloyd

Talbot Jennings

Frank Lloyd

Irving Thalberg

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Frank Lloyd
 
Writer(s)
Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson
 
Producer(s)
Frank Lloyd, Irving Thalberg

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 7 Oscars
3 wins & 13 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Otis Ferguson

Alistair Cooke

SMH Staff

Kate Cameron

TIME Staff

The New Republic

Sight & Sound

Sydney Morning Herald

New York Daily News

TIME Magazine

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
  All Critics (43) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (3)
  Mutiny on the Bounty is one of the best pictures that have been made, and this is largely due to the facts it was made from.
 
  February 18, 2022
 
  Otis Ferguson
  The New Republic
  TOP CRITIC
  It could boast the temporary triumphs of a strong even tempo, a decisive performance from Charles Laughton, much artful glorifying of the ship by Arthur Edeson’s camera, and several Captain Bligh Editions of The Times.
 
  January 28, 2020
 
  Alistair Cooke
  Sight & Sound
  TOP CRITIC
  The visual quality in the scenes of shipboard life — the billowing sails, the surge of the rollers, the mighty impetus of the vessel’s swing — has in it a tremendous and Infectious verve.
 
  January 27, 2020
 
  SMH Staff
  Sydney Morning Herald
  TOP CRITIC
  The case of the crew against the insane cruelty and avariciousness of Capt. Bligh is so powerfully presented that the injustice done to the men gets under one’s skin to stir up a variety of emotion.
 
  February 17, 2015
 
  Kate Cameron
  New York Daily News
  TOP CRITIC
  Despite the efforts of Producer Irving Thalberg, Director Frank Lloyd, three scenarists and $2,000,000 to give it balance, polish and direction, the picture lacks all three.
 
  February 17, 2009
 
  TIME Staff
  TIME Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  There’s nothing to stand in the way of Mutiny qualifying for box office dynamite rating.
 
  February 19, 2008
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Carrying with it no attempt to glorify anyone, and ending the story on a note — quite unconventional — of the villain not being punished and the hero not being rewarded, Mutiny on the Bounty seems, to the writer, genuinely real.
 
  July 13, 2021
 
  Eleanor Barnes
  Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles)
  As a result of the redundant imagery, the momentous nature of the actual seizure – swashbuckling as it may be – doesn’t hold any surprises or much suspense.
 
  July 30, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Charles Laughton, with the effective dramatic art of which he is such a master, impersonates the tyrannical Bligh, depicting him in all his vindictive brutality, yet showing the courage, skill, and endurance of the man.
 
  January 27, 2020
 
  Courier Mail Staff
  Courier Mail (Australia)
  The storm shots are exciting, but the picture has little cumulative force, and misses its role as a classic record of revolt against murderous discipline.
 
  January 27, 2020
 
  Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)
  Esquire Magazine
  It is a splendid achievement, and one of which every one concerned may well feel proud.
 
  January 27, 2020
 
  E. de S. Melcher
  Washington Star
  A picture worth going a long way to see twice.
 
  July 22, 2019
 
  Ann Ross
  Maclean’s Magazine…

 

Plot
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Charles Laughton’s portrayal of Captain Bligh is described as “resolute, forceful evil” by an audience reviewer.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Python Pictures, Michael White Productions, National Film Trustee Company,
 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Tiffany & Co. – 727 Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Approved
 
Year of Release
1961
 

 
Genre(s)
Romance/Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney, directed by Blake Edwards, written by George Axelrod, Truman Capote, romance, comedy, box office success, budget, reviewed by James Breen, James Powers, Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Nell Minow, Mark Bourne, Frank J Avella, Matt Brunson, A.S Hamrah, Mike Massie, Rachel Wagner, Fernando F Croce, MPAA rating, produced by Martin Jurow, Richard Shepherd, Truman Capote’s novel, New York City, young woman, young man, older woman, wealthy, writer, expensive escort, searching for rich man, iconic classic, Audrey Hepburn’s performance, Blake Edwards’ humor, anachronisms, ugly, magic spell, love story, glamorous, sophisticated, bizarre, heart of stone, cat, ditsy, delightful, charm, drinking, cigarettes, tender sequence, richly detailed, worst racial stereotype, richly detailed, Hollywood mystique, formulaic, Henry Mancini’s score, Manic Pixie Dreamgirl, complex, memorable character
 

Cast & Crew

Audrey Hepburn

George Peppard

Patricia Neal

Buddy Ebsen

Martin Balsam

Holly Golightly (Lulamae Barnes)

Paul Varjak

2-E

Doc Golightly

O.J. Berman

Audrey Hepburn – Holly Golightly (Lulamae Barnes)
George Peppard – Paul Varjak
Patricia Neal – 2-E
Buddy Ebsen – Doc Golightly
Martin Balsam – O.J. Berman
Mickey Rooney – Mr. Yunioshi

 

Blake Edwards

George Axelrod

Martin Jurow

Richard Shepherd

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Blake Edwards
 
Writer(s)
George Axelrod, Truman Capote
 
Producer(s)
Martin Jurow, Richard Shepherd

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
11 wins & 13 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

James Breen

James Powers

Peter Bradshaw

Cath Clarke

Nell Minow

Sight & Sound

Hollywood Reporter

Guardian

Time Out

Common Sense Media

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S
  All Critics (55) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (49) | Rotten (6)
  It can be faulted as a narrative and it doesn’t take a serious moral view. But the people who querulously insist on such points have clearly not surrendered to Miss Hepburn’s magic spell.
 
  July 10, 2018
 
  James Breen
  Sight & Sound
  TOP CRITIC
  An unusual love story, glamorous, sophisticated, with more than a touch of the bizarre.
 
  October 3, 2015
 
  James Powers
  Hollywood Reporter
  TOP CRITIC
  Well, the movie still looks very good, and you’d need a heart of stone not to love the cat.
 
  January 20, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s as ditsy and delightful as ever – with charm enough to forgive it plenty.
 
  January 18, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Cath Clarke
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  Fabulous, but lots of drinking and cigarettes.
 
  December 22, 2010 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Nell Minow
  Common Sense Media
  TOP CRITIC
  …the final scene, a tender sequence that you can sop up with a sponge, but if you aren’t moved by it you probably stick kittens with pins.
 
  February 2, 2009
 
  Mark Bourne
  Film.com
  TOP CRITIC
  Hepburn’s captivating and style-defining performance as Holly Golightly cannot be underestimated and gets better with age.
 
  January 21, 2022 | Rating: A
 
  Frank J. Avella
  Edge Media Network
  Barring THE worst racial stereotype EVER to disgrace a Hollywood film, this is a richly detailed movie.
 
  October 23, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy
  Edwards doesn’t cut it into pieces. It’s all easy, loping group shots following people from place to place.
 
  January 26, 2021
 
  A.S. Hamrah
  n+1
  It’s a consistently watchable mix of laughs, love, and heartbreak.
 
  August 24, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  It’s a movie about contradictions which i think is really interesting.
 
  June 28, 2019
 
  Rachel Wagner
  Rachel’s Reviews (YouTube)
  The crossroads of Fifties and Sixties, party and hangover and romanticism and desperation lustrously distributed across the widescreen by Blake Edwards
 
  November 16, 2015
 
  Fernando F. Croce
  CinePassion…

 

Plot
A young woman in New York City, working as an expensive escort and searching for a rich, older man to marry, meets a young man when he moves into her apartment building in the iconic classic, Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Audrey Hepburn’s performance as Holly Golightly is “captivating and style-defining” and “gets better with age,” according to one critic review on Fresh Kernels.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Asghar Farhadi Productions, Dreamlab Films, MPAAPSA Academy Film Fund,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
1227 Montgomery Street, Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
PG
 
Year of Release
1956
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, horror, sci-fi, political allegory, efficient, chilling, Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Jean Willes, Don Siegel, Walter Wanger, Daniel Mainwaring, 98% Tomatometer, 85% audience score, 1h 20m runtime, Santa Mira, California, alien species, human duplicates, plant-like pods, genre, English, Feb 5, 1956 release date, Jun 23, 1998 streaming release date, Peeping Tom, A Fistful of Dollars, Soylent Green, Dracula, Ninja Scroll, box office performance, budget, Kimberly Pierce, Kevin Maher, Jonathan Romney, Peter Bradshaw, David Jenkins, Tim Robey, Eddie Harrison, Mike Massie, Matt Brunson, Sean Mulvihill, Felix Vasquez Jr., Raquel Stecher, critic reviews, audience reviews, Best Horror Movies, RT Podcasts, Most Anticipated Movies, Best Netflix Series, MCU Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, Renewed & Cancelled TV Shows 2022, Best 2022 Horror Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, TV Premiere Dates 2022, The Worst Horror Movies of All Time, Best Netflix Series & Shows
 

Cast & Crew

Kevin McCarthy

Dana Wynter

Carolyn Jones

Larry Gates

King Donovan

Dr. Miles J. Bennell

Becky Driscoll

Theodora “Teddy” Belicec

Dr. Dan “Danny” Kauffman

Jack Belicec

Kevin McCarthy – Dr. Miles J. Bennell
Dana Wynter – Becky Driscoll
Carolyn Jones – Theodora “Teddy” Belicec
Larry Gates – Dr. Dan “Danny” Kauffman
King Donovan – Jack Belicec
Jean Willes – Nurse Sally Withers

 

Don Siegel

Daniel Mainwaring

Walter Wanger

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Don Siegel
 
Writer(s)
Daniel Mainwaring
 
Producer(s)
Walter Wanger

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 10 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Kimberly Pierce

Kevin Maher

Jonathan Romney

Peter Bradshaw

David Jenkins

Ticklish Business

Times (UK)

Observer (UK)

Guardian

Little White Lies

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
  All Critics (59) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (1)
  A dive into Invasion of the Body Snatchers shows how special this movie is… Whether it be though an examinations of the pods as a metaphor for communism, or… the downside of consumerism… this movie is a riveting example of timely 1950s cinema.
 
  May 1, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Kimberly Pierce
  Ticklish Business
  TOP CRITIC
  “You fools! You’re in danger! Can’t you see? They’re after you! They’re after all of us!” It’s one of the greatest lines in sci-fi movie history, from one of the greatest films, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
 
  December 4, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Kevin Maher
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Watch it in the cinema and you’ll find yourself gazing warily at everyone else in your row.
 
  November 2, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Jonathan Romney
  Observer (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  A movie that can claim kinship with Alberto Cavalcanti’s Went the Day Well? as well as The Matrix and Under the Skin.
 
  October 30, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  A film whose righteous anger is visible in its every frame.
 
  October 30, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
 
  David Jenkins
  Little White Lies
  TOP CRITIC
  Brilliantly placed, however unwittingly, to illustrate America’s political paranoia from both ends.
 
  October 30, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Tim Robey
  Daily Telegraph (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  …the rising terror of the nightmare depicted here is very much in tune with 2021’s on-going state of fear and loathing between previously trusting neighbours…
 
  October 28, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Eddie Harrison
  film-authority.com
  A daring, tragic, influential, adventurous, utterly perfect blend of smart sci-fi and creeping dread.
 
  August 23, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  This remains not only the best of the adaptations but also one of the best horror/sci-fi films ever made.
 
  March 14, 2019 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy
  Don Siegel’s lean, efficient masterwork of paranoia has never looked better thanks to a gorgeous restoration that vividly brings the black and white terror to your home.
 
  December 6, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Sean Mulvihill
  FanboyNation.com
  Still the quintessential science fiction horror film…
 
  November 1, 2018
 
  Felix Vasquez Jr.
  Cinema Crazed
  gripping and suspenseful… perfectly paced.
 
  October 22, 2018
 
  Raquel Stecher
  Out of the Past…

 

Plot
The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted “replacement” realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. But who can he trust to help him and who has already been snatched?
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found on Fresh Kernels for Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Toho Company,
 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
George Lewis Mansion – Benedict Canyon Drive, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1954
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart, directed by Billy Wilder, written by Samuel A Taylor, Billy Wilder, Ernest Lehman, comedy, box office success, budget, reviewed by Mae Tinee, Times (UK) Staff, Michael Wilmington, Edwin Schallert, Steven D Greydanus, Variety Staff, Frank J Avella, Matt Brunson, C.A Lejeune, Mike Massie, Kathryn McGarr, MPAA rating, romantic comedy, Cinderella, love triangle, chauffeur’s daughter, Paris, playboy, rich employers, serious older brother, family business, heiress, merger, charming, humorous script, immense charm, resonant, romantic gem, Audrey Hepburn’s performance, William Holden’s performance, Humphrey Bogart’s performance, chemistry, miscast, sweet, sparkling gem, reworking, bubbly champagne fizz, erotic delight, individual situations, cleverness, dropped dialog, style, tugs at the heart, upper-crust, realistic relationships, pleasing entertainment, lack of substance, flawlessly executed, film classic, charming romantic comedy
 

Cast & Crew

Humphrey Bogart

Audrey Hepburn

William Holden

Walter Hampden

John Williams

Linus Larrabee

Sabrina Fairchild

David Larrabee

Oliver Larrabee

Thomas Fairchild

Humphrey Bogart – Linus Larrabee
Audrey Hepburn – Sabrina Fairchild
William Holden – David Larrabee
Walter Hampden – Oliver Larrabee
John Williams – Thomas Fairchild
Martha Hyer – Elizabeth Tyson

 

Billy Wilder

Samuel A. Taylor

Billy Wilder

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Billy Wilder
 
Writer(s)
Samuel A. Taylor, Billy Wilder, Ernest Lehman
 
Producer(s)
Billy Wilder

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
7 wins & 8 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Mae Tinee

Michael Wilmington

Edwin Schallert

Steven D. Greydanus

Variety Staff

Chicago Tribune

Times (UK)

Los Angeles Times

Decent Films

Variety

SABRINA
  All Critics (46) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (3)
  Pleasant light entertainment.
 
  June 23, 2021
 
  Mae Tinee
  Chicago Tribune
  TOP CRITIC
  [Sabrina] chatters away without making a bore of itself and which proves that the success of. Miss Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday was no mere flash in the pan.
 
  June 23, 2021
 
  Times (UK) Staff
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  The upper-crust comic romance often gets just the measures of erotic delight and bubbly champagne fizz it needs.
 
  March 13, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Michael Wilmington
  Chicago Tribune
  TOP CRITIC
  Constantly through the cleverness of individual situations Sabrina seems to override what is wrong with its plot and even its motivation.
 
  April 29, 2019
 
  Edwin Schallert
  Los Angeles Times
  TOP CRITIC
  October 29, 2008 | Rating: A-
 
  Steven D. Greydanus
  Decent Films
  TOP CRITIC
  Script is long on glibly quipping dialog, dropped with a seemingly casual air, and broadly played situations. The splendid trouping delivers them style. Leavening the chuckles are tugs at the heart.
 
  October 18, 2008
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Hepburn is enthralling, enchanting, and enrapturing.
 
  January 21, 2022 | Rating: A-
 
  Frank J. Avella
  Edge Media Network
  It’s Bogart’s atypical portrayal that stands out.
 
  October 23, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy
  There isn’t much substance in [Sabrina], but in its slight way it makes for very pleasing entertainment.
 
  June 23, 2021
 
  C.A. Lejeune
  Observer (UK)
  Very much a take on Cinderella, but updated with realistic relationships – and no wicked stepmother, save for the struggles of acceptance by the upper crust.
 
  March 24, 2021 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  The script is tightly written and flawlessly executed. Romance supersedes comedy here, and since Wilder excelled at both genres, the result is a film classic.
 
  March 13, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Kathryn McGarr
  Common Sense Media
  While a lesser film when put up against the big classics from Billy Wilder, Sabrina remains a charming romantic comedy.
 
  July 17, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Danielle Solzman
  Solzy at the Movies…

 

Plot
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Humphrey Bogart’s portrayal in Sabrina is atypical compared to his usual tough-guy roles.
 

 
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