Production Company(ies)
Kurosawa Production Co., Sammy Toho Company,
 
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Binsey Walk, Southmere Lake, Thamesmead South, London, England, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
X
 
Year of Release
1972
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Malcolm McDowell, directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Stanley Kubrick and Anthony Burgess, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Mark Kermode, Charles Champlin, Kevin Kelly, John Huddy, John Russell Taylor, Peter Bradshaw, Jean-Loup Bourget, Wesley Lovell, Matt Brunson, Jeff Beck, Douglas Davidson, MPAA rating R, dystopian, behavior modification, violence, rehabilitation, disturbing, thought-provoking, dark humor, England, future, ultraviolence, Singin’ in the Rain, Cat Lady, victims, Chief Guard Barnes, Mrs Alexander, Frank Alexander, Dim, Stage Actor, Adrienne Corri, Mono, Flat (1.66:1), Warner Bros Pictures
 

Cast & Crew

Malcolm McDowell

Patrick Magee

Michael Bates

Warren Clarke

John Clive

Alex DeLarge

Frank Alexander

Chief Guard Barnes

Dim

Stage Actor

Malcolm McDowell – Alex DeLarge
Patrick Magee – Frank Alexander
Michael Bates – Chief Guard Barnes
Warren Clarke – Dim
John Clive – Stage Actor
Adrienne Corri – Mrs. Alexander
Director – Stanley Kubrick
Producer – Stanley Kubrick
Writers – Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess

 

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Stanley Kubrick
 
Writer(s)
Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess
 
Producer(s)
Stanley Kubrick

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 4 Oscars
12 wins & 24 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Mark Kermode

Charles Champlin

Kevin Kelly

John Huddy

John Russell Taylor

Kermode & Mayo’s Film Review

Los Angeles Times

Boston Globe

Miami Herald

Times (UK)

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
  All Critics (78) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (10)
  A stone-cold classic, no getting around the fact…
 
  September 21, 2021
 
  Mark Kermode
  Kermode & Mayo’s Film Review
  TOP CRITIC
  I’m afraid I found A Clockwork Orange brilliant but disappointing, its moments of power offset by an overwrought stridency and its message overbalanced by the medium.
 
  December 21, 2020
 
  Charles Champlin
  Los Angeles Times
  TOP CRITIC
  It is, I’m afraid,nothing more than a garish Pop-art poster pretending to be a work of art.
 
  December 21, 2020
 
  Kevin Kelly
  Boston Globe
  TOP CRITIC
  If A Clockwork Orange is not a great or memorable movie it definitely is a demonstration of the great promise this young and growing art form called cinema does possess
 
  December 21, 2020
 
  John Huddy
  Miami Herald
  TOP CRITIC
  There are no passages where we can sit back, listen and admire. The film just hits, and hits hard. It works, as only a master could make it.
 
  December 21, 2020
 
  John Russell Taylor
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  All of the film’s provocation and jaded sexual politics are flavoured with histrionic cynicism and disillusion.
 
  April 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  Kubrick’s intention is thus not for the audience to identify with Alex, but to see retrospectively that they are in the same situation as Alex, if they are to believe what they are watching.
 
  April 5, 2022
 
  Jean-Loup Bourget
  Positif
  …while it might be tempting to say Kubricks views were perverse, this film shows there was a deep-seated nuance to his observations that cut deeply to the core of our own propensity for violence as both the cause and effect of our own moral failings.
 
  February 12, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Wesley Lovell
  Cinema Sight
  Dazzling but problematic.
 
  September 24, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy
  With Kubrick’s brilliant direction & screenplay (from the novel by Anthony Burgess), astounding visuals, and intriguing themes, the film is an unforgettable cinematic experience that continues to elicit much discussion and analysis.
 
  September 20, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Jeff Beck
  The Blu Spot
  … though it wouldn’t surprise me if most just left either humming Beethoven’s 9th or “Singing in the Rain,” which is in and of itself a special kind of messed up.
 
  September 20, 2021
 
  Douglas Davidson
  Elements of Madness
  Made me reflect on myself. On the people around me, as well as society. And it’s rare for a movie to provoke thought in that manner and to do it in such a profound and shocking way.
 
  September 4, 2021 | Rating: 8.5/10
 
  Nicholas Oon
  Maximum Hype (YouTube)…

 

Plot
Protagonist Alex DeLarge is an “ultraviolent” youth in futuristic Britain. As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he’s arrested and convicted of murder. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in which convicts are programmed to detest violence. If he goes through the program, his sentence will be reduced and he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex’s ordeals are far from over once he hits the streets of Britain..
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Malcolm McDowell delivers an engrossing and charismatic performance as Alex DeLarge.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
38 Pembroke Square, Kensington, London, England, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
R
 
Year of Release
1971
 

 
Genre(s)
History/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
Bloody Sunday, History, Drama, R, English, Paul Greengrass, Mark Redhead, Don Mullan, James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Allan Gildea, Kevin McCorry, Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR, Flat (1.85:1), Paramount Pictures, $773.2K, 106 Reviews, 91% Audience Score, reviewed by Nell Minow, Scott Foundas, Patrick Z McGavin, David Ansen, Alan Morrison, Trevor Johnston, Dennis Harvey, Cole Smithey, Nick Rogers, Betsy Bozdech, Alan Dale, Jeffrey M Anderson, directed by Paul Greengrass, produced by Mark Redhead, written by Paul Greengrass and Don Mullan, starring James Nesbitt as Ivan Cooper, Tim Pigott-Smith as Major General Ford, Nicholas Farrell as Brigadier Maclellan, Gerard McSorley as Chief Supt Lagan, Kathy Kiera Clarke as Frances, Allan Gildea as Kevin McCorry
 

Cast & Crew

James Nesbitt

Ivan Cooper

Tim Pigott-Smith

Nicholas Farrell

Gerard McSorley

Ivan Cooper

Major General Ford

Brigadier Maclellan

Chief Supt. Lagan

Frances

James Nesbitt – Ivan Cooper
Tim Pigott-Smith – Major General Ford
Nicholas Farrell – Brigadier Maclellan
Gerard McSorley – Chief Supt. Lagan
Kathy Kiera Clarke – Frances
Allan Gildea – Kevin McCorry

 

Paul Greengrass

Paul Greengrass

Mark Redhead

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Paul Greengrass
 
Writer(s)
Paul Greengrass, Don Mullan
 
Producer(s)
Mark Redhead

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Nell Minow

Scott Foundas

Patrick Z. McGavin

David Ansen

Alan Morrison

Common Sense Media

Variety

Chicago Reader

Newsweek

Empire Magazine

BLOODY SUNDAY
  All Critics (106) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (98) | Rotten (8)
  Powerful retelling of 1972 demonstrations.
 
  December 22, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Nell Minow
  Common Sense Media
  TOP CRITIC
  Stunning.
 
  March 11, 2008
 
  Scott Foundas
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Greengrass sacrifices character and plot to a chilling impressionistic stylization.
 
  March 11, 2008
 
  Patrick Z. McGavin
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  Watching director Paul Greengrass’s explosive Bloody Sunday, you have to remind yourself at moments that you’re not looking at a documentary.
 
  November 1, 2007
 
  David Ansen
  Newsweek
  TOP CRITIC
  Greengrass has deliberately chosen to provoke an emotional rather than intellectual response with his film — but sometimes provocation is much preferred to the British media’s maintenance of the status quo.
 
  December 30, 2006 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Alan Morrison
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Comparisons with The Battle of Algiers are not inappropriate.
 
  June 24, 2006
 
  Trevor Johnston
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  [An] outstanding dramatization of real-life emergencies, with a nerve-jangling, documentary-type immediacy.
 
  October 21, 2020
 
  Dennis Harvey
  48 Hills
  Although originally produced for British television in 2002, Paul Greengrass’s vivid depiction of a violent turning point in the so-called Troubles in Northern Ireland was released in the U.S. in theaters.
 
  May 7, 2013 | Rating: A+
 
  Cole Smithey
  ColeSmithey.com
  Time has offered the Troubles perspective, investigation and pop-culture outlets (U2′s “Sunday Bloody Sunday”). But Paul Greengrass’s film spoke to how reason meant absolutely nothing when rage reigned on either side of the line.
 
  September 25, 2010 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Nick Rogers
  The Film Yap
  It’s rare that a dramatic film convincingly captures the chaotic, confusing, fast-paced nature of real life — much less real life in a crisis.
 
  November 6, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Betsy Bozdech
  DVDJournal.com
  Bloody Sunday demonstrates an historical thesis formulated in retrospect, which fits oddly with Greengrass’s continuous-present technique.
 
  June 24, 2006
 
  Alan Dale
  Blogcritics.org
  Intense and difficult, but rewarding.
 
  May 4, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
 
  Jeffrey M. Anderson
  Combustible Celluloid…

 

Plot
Divorced working woman Alex and well-to-do Jewish family doctor Daniel Hirsh share not only the same answering service but also the favours of young Bob Elkin who bed-hops between them as the mood takes him. Both Alex and Dr Hirsh are aware of the other’s existence but prefer to live with the situation rather than risk losing Elkin completely. But a wet winter weekend in London can be difficult.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no mention of the film COTTONWORKS.COM DESIGN MORE WITH COTTON on Fresh Kernels, so there is no goofy, funny, or odd comment to provide.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment,
 
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
605 South Ash Street, Archer City, Texas, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language
 
Year of Release
1971
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, written by Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry, produced by Stephen Friedman, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Andrew Sarris, Pauline Kael, Wendy Ide, Tom Huddleston, Budd Wilkins, Joshua Rothkopf, David Reddish, Danielle Solzman, Stephen Silver, Philip Martin, Mike Massie, Matt Brunson, R rating, high school, coming-of-age, Texas town, period piece, small town, friendship, love triangle, affair, coach’s wife, graduation, army, dead-end town, better life, 1950s, nudity, language, sexuality, Columbia Pictures, Mono sound mix
 

Cast & Crew

Timothy Bottoms

Jeff Bridges

Cybill Shepherd

Ben Johnson

Cloris Leachman

Sonny Crawford

Duane Jackson

Jacy Farrow

Sam the Lion

Ruth Popper

Timothy Bottoms – Sonny Crawford
Jeff Bridges – Duane Jackson
Cybill Shepherd – Jacy Farrow
Ben Johnson – Sam the Lion
Cloris Leachman – Ruth Popper
Ellen Burstyn – Lois Farrow
Director – Peter Bogdanovich
Producer – Stephen Friedman
Writers – Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry, Larry McMurtry

 

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

Stephen Friedman

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Peter Bogdanovich
 
Writer(s)
Peter Bogdanovich, Larry McMurtry, Larry McMurtry
 
Producer(s)
Stephen Friedman

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
19 wins & 22 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Andrew Sarris

Pauline Kael

Wendy Ide

Tom Huddleston

Budd Wilkins

Village Voice

New Yorker

Times (UK)

Time Out

Slant Magazine

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
  All Critics (61) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (61)
  At first glance, the movie is a faithful and skillful adaptation of the source, but a second look at both the film and the book reveals some interesting divergences.
 
  March 2, 2015
 
  Andrew Sarris
  Village Voice
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s plain and uncondescending in its re-creation of what it means to be a high-school athlete, of what a country dance hall is like, of the necking in cars and movie houses, and of the desolation that follows high-school graduation.
 
  March 2, 2015
 
  Pauline Kael
  New Yorker
  TOP CRITIC
  A sublime study of sexually charged ennui in a dying town in 1950s Texas.
 
  March 2, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Wendy Ide
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  The scene where Sam imparts his wisdom to young buck Bottoms may be the saddest, loveliest moment in 1970s American cinema. And that’s saying something.
 
  March 2, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Tom Huddleston
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  For the members of the New Hollywood, it was a briefly opened window on revitalized filmmaking and venturesome storytelling.
 
  September 28, 2011 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Budd Wilkins
  Slant Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s meant to make you feel sad for what’s lost, but a vitality throbs through it.
 
  September 27, 2011 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Joshua Rothkopf
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  With movies increasingly replaced by one-note YouTube and Instagram influencers, the movie seems to ask: are we losing dreams as well?
 
  March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  David Reddish
  Queerty
  The Last Picture Show isn’t the most inspiring film but Peter Bogdanovich manages to direct superb performances in the period film.
 
  January 9, 2022
 
  Danielle Solzman
  Solzy at the Movies
  One of the most important movies of the New Hollywood era in the 1970s (50th anniversary)
 
  October 29, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Stephen Silver
  Tilt Magazine
  There is something pitiless and strange in this movie, which weds the directness of old-school Western directors like Ford and Hawks with the freedom and permissive sweep of the late ’60s cultural moment.
 
  March 26, 2021
 
  Philip Martin
  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  Although a technically proficient production, its ultimate resonance will largely depend on nostalgia and familiarity with 1950s.
 
  August 30, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  An American classic in every sense.
 
  January 23, 2020 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy…

 

Plot
In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The Last Picture Show features a young Jeff Bridges in one of his earliest film roles.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Twentieth Century Fox,
 
Distributor
Weinstein Co.
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1969
 

 
Genre(s)
Documentary
 
Keyword(s)
Undefeated, PG-13, documentary, high school football, Manassas High School, Memphis, losing streak, coach, Bill Courtney, players, O.C., Chavis, sports documentary, Dan Lindsay, T.J Martin, directed by, Ed Cunningham, Glen Zipper, Seth Gordon, Rich Middlemas, produced by, Weinstein Co., box office, gross USA, $561.1K, budget, critic reviews, Tomatometer, audience score, reviewed by, Ralph Zipper, Nigel Sinclair, Guy East, MPAA rating, some language, English, runtime, 1h 53m, distributor, documentary genre
 

Cast & Crew

Bill Courtney

Dan Lindsay

T.J. Martin

Ralph Zipper

Nigel Sinclair

Bill Courtney

self

Dan Lindsay

T.J. Martin

Ralph Zipper

Bill Courtney – self
Dan Lindsay – Director
T.J. Martin – Director
Ralph Zipper – Executive Producer
Nigel Sinclair – Executive Producer
Guy East – Executive Producer

 

Dan Lindsay

NA

Ed Cunningham

Glen Zipper

Seth Gordon

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
Ed Cunningham, Glen Zipper, Seth Gordon, Dan Lindsay, Rich Middlemas

 

Film Festivals
South by Southwest
 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Documentary Feature Winners, Oscar Winners
 

Top Reviews

Henry Barnes

Tim Robey

Nigel Andrews

Matt Bochenski

Tom Huddleston

Guardian

Daily Telegraph

Financial Times

Little White Lies

Time Out

UNDEFEATED
  All Critics (102) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (98) | Rotten (4)
  All eyes are on the ball, while the future screams from the sidelines.
 
  August 2, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Henry Barnes
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  Undefeated works the whole macho-sentimental template so vigorously and well it’s practically a reflexive response to cry foul, but you’d have to find heroic reserves of cynicism not to care at all about the precarious fortunes of these unformed bruisers.
 
  August 2, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Tim Robey
  Daily Telegraph (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  A watchable movie, no question. But perhaps best filed under guilty pleasures.
 
  August 2, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Nigel Andrews
  Financial Times
  TOP CRITIC
  Can take its place proudly alongside the best in the genre.
 
  August 2, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Matt Bochenski
  Little White Lies
  TOP CRITIC
  ‘Undefeated’ is no ‘Hoop Dreams’, but it’s sturdily built and worthwhile.
 
  July 31, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Tom Huddleston
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  It may be a film that feels rather than analyses, but Undefeated is a compelling, uplifting experience that can’t fail to move even the most US football-phobic.
 
  July 30, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Ian Freer
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Has just about everything you could possibly want from a feature documentary.
 
  September 26, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
 
  Richard Propes
  TheIndependentCritic.com
  The epitome of what a good sports documentary should be.
 
  January 31, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Patrick Gamble
  CineVue
  There can be power and comfort in cliché, and let’s get this one out of the way: it’s not about winning or losing, but how you play the game.
 
  August 30, 2018
 
  Pat Padua
  DCist
  “Feel-good movie of the year” is rarely a label that applies to documentaries. Yet, the Oscar-nominated Undefeated, which follows one season of an impoverished inner-city Memphis high school football team, may turn out to be exactly that.
 
  June 22, 2018
 
  Megan Basham
  WORLD
  Undefeated is as magnificent as its subject.
 
  September 18, 2017
 
  Neely Swanson
  Easy Reader (California)
  I admit, I was not enthusiastic about reviewing another sports film, let alone football. Now I can say that I understand why people see football as a religion — in a good way.
 
  June 30, 2017
 
  Sr. Rose Pacatte
  National Catholic Reporter…

 

Plot
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Du Art Film and Video Nothing But a Man Company,
 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1966
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Gloria Foster, Julius Harris, Martin Priest, Leonard Parker, directed by Michael Roemer, written by Michael Roemer, Robert M Young, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Joseph Gelmis, Margo Miller, Kevin Thomas, David Hinckley, John Anderson, Patrick Kampert, C&P Staff, Whitelaw MacBride, Rev Malcolm Boyd, Sandra Saunders, Tom Luddy, Byron Pumphrey, produced by Michael Roemer, Robert Rubin, Robert M Young, MPAA rating, African-American, rail worker, schoolteacher, preacher’s daughter, racism, 1960s America, naturalistic approach, calm confidence, powerful story, Black American lives, minor masterpiece, important American movies, superbly acted, universal story, dialogue, essence, phrase, camera, timelessness, small-town life, unhurried air, popular music, Berry Gordy’s Motown artists, flesh-and-blood people, moving story, work of art
 

Cast & Crew

Ivan Dixon

Abbey Lincoln

Gloria Foster

Julius Harris

Martin Priest

Duff Anderson

Josie

Lee

Will Anderson

Driver

Ivan Dixon – Duff Anderson
Abbey Lincoln – Josie
Gloria Foster – Lee
Julius Harris – Will Anderson
Martin Priest – Driver
Leonard Parker – Frankie

 

Michael Roemer

Michael Roemer

Michael Roemer

Robert Rubin

Robert M. Young

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Michael Roemer
 
Writer(s)
Michael Roemer, Robert M. Young
 
Producer(s)
Michael Roemer, Robert Rubin, Robert M. Young

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
4 wins & 1 nomination
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Joseph Gelmis

Margo Miller

Kevin Thomas

David Hinckley

John Anderson

Newsday

Boston Globe

Los Angeles Times

New York Daily News

Chicago Tribune

NOTHING BUT A MAN
  All Critics (45) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (1)
  It is precisely this feeling of calm that makes it such a totally credible, fine and true picture.
 
  January 31, 2022
 
  Joseph Gelmis
  Newsday
  TOP CRITIC
  Nothing But a Man is a great movie. It has a universal story. It is superbly acted. It keeps to a point of view, something rare in American film making.
 
  January 31, 2022
 
  Margo Miller
  Boston Globe
  TOP CRITIC
  Nothing But a Man is a minor masterpiece and one of the most important American movies in recent years.
 
  January 31, 2022
 
  Kevin Thomas
  Los Angeles Times
  TOP CRITIC
  Director Michael Roemer and his co-writer, Robert Young, strip down even the dialogue to its essence, rarely using a sentence when a phrase will do.
 
  January 31, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
 
  David Hinckley
  New York Daily News
  TOP CRITIC
  Nothing But a Man moves slowly and quietly toward its climax with a rare grace. But then, it’s a rare film, and a vitally important chapter in the maturing of American film.
 
  January 31, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  John Anderson
  Newsday
  TOP CRITIC
  Young’s camera lingers on each scene, evoking the timelessness that used to be characteristic of small-town life, and director Roemer uses fadeouts to add to the unhurried air, avoiding quick cuts from scene to scene.
 
  January 31, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
  Patrick Kampert
  Chicago Tribune
  TOP CRITIC
  Nothing But a Man should be seen by all… It may increase understanding and diminish hatred where it exists.
 
  March 29, 2022
 
  C&P Staff
  Call and Post (Cleveland)
  Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln star in the moving story… What is more, it’s enhanced by popular music of Berry Gordy’s Motown artists.
 
  January 31, 2022
 
  Whitelaw MacBride
  Pittsburgh Courier
  Nothing But a Man is an important film.
 
  January 31, 2022
 
  Rev. Malcolm Boyd
  Pittsburgh Courier
  The film never strikes a false note in word or deed. The dialogue is laconic and true. The characters are flesh-and-blood people who touch the heart. The drama unfolds naturally, giving the viewer the feeling he is observing events in real life.
 
  January 31, 2022
 
  Sandra Saunders
  Philadelphia Daily News
  It is a powerful and moving film, despite one or two dramatic flaws.
 
  January 31, 2022
 
  Tom Luddy
  Berkeley Barb
  It is a work of art.
 
  January 31, 2022
 
  Byron Pumphrey
  Los Angeles Free Press…

 

Plot
Born in Birmingham, Duff Anderson, the father of a male toddler, who lives with a nanny, re-locates to a small town to work on the railroad. He meets with and is attracted to Josie much to the chagrin of her preacher father. The marriage does take place nevertheless, both re-locate to live in their own house and he gets a job in a mill. He decides not to bring his son to live with them. Challenges arise when the Mill Foreman finds out that Duff is attempting to unionize the workers, forcing Duff to quit, and look for work elsewhere. Unable to reconcile himself to working on a daily wage of $2.50 picking cotton nor even as a waiter, he gets a job at a garage. He is enraged at a customer for belittling him and Josie, and is let go. Unemployed, unable to support his wife and son, he gets abusive and leaves – perhaps never to return.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln star in the moving story of Nothing But a Man.
 

 
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