Scriptwriter Daniel Taradash rescued, if not quite a gem, then at least a high-grade industrial diamond from this rough original.
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02/18/09
From Here to Eternity (1953)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:6
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: It has perhaps aged poorly, but this languidly paced WWII romance remains an iconic, well-acted film, featuring particularly strong performances from Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: An all-star cast brought what was considered an unfilmable novel to the screen with skill and grace with this story of the loves, hopes, and dreams of those in a close-knit Army barracks in Hawaii... [More]
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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Reviews for From Here to Eternity
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Top CriticIt is an important film from any angle, presenting socko entertainment for big business.
11/01/07
Top CriticSominex is cheaper and probably safer.
12/13/06
Top CriticSo clear-eyed and three-dimensional that it makes the recent Pearl Harbor look like a bunch of kids playing dress up.
12/12/03
Top CriticRapturously received from the moment it was released in 1953, From Here to Eternity remains, half a century later, a singular cinematic experience, one of the landmarks of American film.
12/04/03
Top CriticContemporary audiences may not see why, even in its toned-down simplification of the novel, From Here to Eternity was the most daring movie of 1953, but it remains an acting bonanza.
12/02/03
Top CriticOut of From Here to Eternity, a novel whose anger and compassion stirred a postwar reading public as few such works have, Columbia and a company of sensitive hands have forged a film almost as towering and persuasive as its source.
05/20/03
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