The emotional sense of America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is so palpable you can taste it.
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04/06/07
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
96 %
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Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 23
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 8.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The sweeping saga of a prominent wealthy family's attempt to adapt to the changing times at the close of a decadent age. Though mutilated by studio executives before studio release, this film remains a masterpiece of directorial... [More]
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt
Director: Orson Welles, Freddie Fleck, Robert Wise, Richard Bennett
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Reviews for The Magnificent Ambersons
Top Critic A masterpiece in every way (but ignore the awkward ending the studio tacked on without Welles's approval).
04/06/07
Top Critic This is Orson Welles' lost movie, one he might have been able to rescue, had he been less brash -- and a film he and others believed to be superior to Citizen Kane.
04/06/07
Having mastered film technique in Citizen Kane, Welles devotes more attention to the characters, all of which are all individual creations rather than types. It's a deeper, more personal work than Kane even if it lacks the latter's narrative pull.
08/23/06
All in all, The Magnificent Ambersons is an exceptionally well-made film, dealing with a subject scarcely worth the attention which has been lavished upon it.
08/08/06
Top Critic Hacked about by a confused RKO, Welles' second film (from the novel by Booth Tarkington) still looks a masterpiece.
02/09/06
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Top Critic Ambersons – even in its mutilated form – has a resonance most movies can only dream of.
10/22/02
Welles' technical brilliance shines through, securing the film its classic status.
03/05/02
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