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The film was acclaimed by a wide array of critics. The film has an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 18 reviews. [23] Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called it "a beautifully mounted film" with "a curiously turgid and uneven attempt to generate a war romance". Crowther wrote "It is not as historical romance that it is likely to grab ...
In a contemporary review, The New York Times wrote "the thundering noise, confusion and blood-letting of revolution comes too late to offset the pompous and dull make-believe that dominates," concluding that "Stuffy and obvious are the adjectives that best describe "The Pirates of Capri;" [1] while more recently, TV Guide gave the film 2/4 stars, and wrote "Great action scenes and clever ...
Captain Boycott is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Frank Launder and starring Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim and Cecil Parker. [2] Robert Donat makes a cameo appearance as the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell. [3] The film explains how the word boycott appeared in the English language.
Janet Maslin (The New York Times) Harold McCarthy; Todd McCarthy (Variety, The Hollywood Reporter) Michael Medved (New York Post, Sneak Previews) Nell Minow (rogerebert.com and moviedom.com) Elvis Mitchell (The New York Times, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, The Detroit Free Press) Khalid Mohammed (Hindustan Times) Joe ...
Anthony Oliver Scott (born July 10, 1966) is an American journalist and cultural critic, known for his film and literary criticism. After starting his career at The New York Review of Books, Variety, and Slate, he began writing film reviews for The New York Times in 2000, and became the paper's chief film critic in 2004, a title he shared with Manohla Dargis.
The film premiered in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on July 25, 1952. [10] It received lukewarm reviews upon its release, [17] which can be summed up in this quote from The New York Times review of August 23, 1952: "...despite some heroics and the monumental rivalry of its principals, a swiftly moving but not an especially distinguished offering ...
They are captured by Maori cannibals, and are imprisoned along with Captain Grant's shipmate, Bill Gaye, who helps them escape to a volcano. They evade their pursuers by starting an avalanche which triggers an eruption. They finally find Captain Grant, overcome Ayerton and his mutineers, and sail for home.
Bosley Crowther praised Newman's "brilliantly detailed performance" and the supporting actors in a New York Times review, but he criticized the film as "dramatically thin." [6] According to MGM records, the film earned $365,000 in the U.S. and $400,000 in other markets, totaling an overall loss of $422,000. [1]